Which to use
“partía” is a verb and “partos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,043
- “partía” frequency rank
- #23,892
- “partos” frequency rank
- 54935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partía | partos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de partir o de partirse. | Forma del plural de parto. |
Where the eye mixes partía and partos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. partía (CVCCVV) and partos (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: partía vs partos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: partía is [paɾˈt̪ia] while partos is [ˈpaɾt̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 54935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partía is recorded at frequency rank #31,043, classified as averb, pronounced [paɾˈt̪ia]. 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 54935, this pair ranks #81,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of partía vs partos
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "partía": í. Private to "partos": os.
"partía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "partos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- partos ← aprtos · parots · parrtos · partoss · partso · parttos · patros · ppartos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "partía" and "partos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "partía" vs "partos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "partía" and "partos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "partía" 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 #81,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partía" and "partos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partía 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 #81,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.