partivspatínWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#39,905
“parti” frequency rank
#46,109
“patín” frequency rank
86014
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parti patín
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tu) del presente de indicativo de partire. Petrel.

Where the eye mixes parti and patín

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. parti (CVCCV) and patín (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
parti
5 ch
patín

Look-alike desk: parti vs patín

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parti is /ˈpaɾ.ti/ while patín is [paˈt̪ĩn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86014, 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/. patín is at rank #46,109, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paˈt̪ĩn].

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 86014, this pair ranks #5,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of parti vs patín

Shared letters: apt. Private to "parti": ir. Private to "patín": ní.

"parti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "patín" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parti ← aprti · parit · parrti · partti · patri · pparti · prati

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "parti" and "patín" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parti" is a verb and "patín" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "parti" or "patín" show up more?
"parti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,905 in our Spanish list, against #46,109 for "patín". 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 "patín" 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 "patín" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parti" and "patín" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partían vs patín". 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 #5,621 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