partivspartosTell them apart

Quick tell: parti is a verb, partos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“parti” is a verb and “partos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,905
“parti” frequency rank
#23,892
“partos” frequency rank
63797
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parti partos
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tu) del presente de indicativo de partire. Forma del plural de parto.

Where the eye mixes parti and partos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. parti runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against partos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
parti
6 ch
partos

Look-alike desk: parti vs partos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parti is /ˈpaɾ.ti/ while partos is [ˈpaɾt̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parti is recorded at frequency rank #39,905, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈpaɾ.ti/. partos is at rank #23,892, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪os].

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 63797, this pair ranks #47,583 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of parti vs partos

Shared letters: aprt. Private to "parti": i. Private to "partos": os.

"parti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "partos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parti ← aprti · parit · parrti · partti · patri · pparti · prati
  • partos ← aprtos · parots · parrtos · partoss · partso · parttos · patros · ppartos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "parti" and "partos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parti" is a verb and "partos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "parti" or "partos" show up more?
"partos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,892 in our Spanish list, against #39,905 for "parti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "parti" and "partos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,583 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parti" and "partos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parti vs partían". 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 #47,583 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