partidovspartiráWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: partido is a adjective, partirá is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“partido” is an adjective and “partirá” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#206
“partido” frequency rank
#37,249
“partirá” frequency rank
37455
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partido partirá
Definition Que no muestra reparos ni retaceos en compartir sus bienes. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de partir o de partirse.

Where the eye mixes partido and partirá

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. partido and partirá follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
partido
7 ch
partirá

Why the eye confuses partido with partirá

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: partido is [paɾˈt̪ið̞o] while partirá is [paɾt̪iˈɾa]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partido is recorded at frequency rank #206, classified as anadj, pronounced [paɾˈt̪ið̞o]. partirá is at rank #37,249, tagged as averb, pronounced [paɾt̪iˈɾa].

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 37455, this pair ranks #175,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partido vs partirá

Shared letters: aiprt. Private to "partido": do. Private to "partirá": á.

"partido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "partirá" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partidoaprtido · paritdo · parrtido · partdio · partiddo · partiod · parttido · patrido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "partido" and "partirá" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partido" is an adjective and "partirá" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "partido" vs "partirá" - which ranks higher?
"partido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #206 in our Spanish list, against #37,249 for "partirá". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partirá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #175,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partido" and "partirá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partían vs partirá". 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 #175,207 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