partesvspartnersTell them apart

Which to use

“partes” and “partners” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#633
“partes” frequency rank
#30,610
“partners” frequency rank
31243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partes partners
Definition Órganos sexuales, considerados solo en su porción anatómica externa. Forma del plural de partner.

Where the eye mixes partes and partners

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
partes
8 ch
partners

Look-alike desk: partes vs partners

A purely visual mix-up. partes ([ˈpaɾt̪es]) and partners (/ˈpɑɹtnɚz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partes is recorded at frequency rank #633, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪es]. partners is at rank #30,610, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɑɹtnɚz/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31243, this pair ranks #208,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partes vs partners

Shared letters: aeprst. Private to "partes": -. Private to "partners": n.

"partes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "partners" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partesaprtes · parets · parrtes · partess · partse · parttes · patres · ppartes
  • partnersaprtners · parnters · parrtners · partenrs · partnerrs · partnerss · partnesr · partnners

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "partes" for "partners" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpaɾt̪es] versus /ˈpɑɹtnɚz/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "partes" vs "partners" - which ranks higher?
"partes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #633 in our Spanish list, against #30,610 for "partners". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "partes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partners" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #208,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partes" and "partners" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partera vs partners". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #208,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list