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parti/partie/parties/partis/party

"parti" is an adjective; "partie" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #101 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "parti" arrives as an adjective, while "partie" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "parti" then splits - "parti" (5 letters) vs "partie" (6).
Shared stem "parti" then splits - "parti" (5 letters) vs "parties" (7).
Shared stem "parti" then splits - "parti" (5 letters) vs "partis" (6).
Single-letter fork: "parti" keeps i, "party" writes y at letter 5.
Shared stem "partie" then splits - "partie" (6 letters) vs "parties" (7).
Single-letter fork: "partie" keeps e, "partis" writes s at letter 6.
Shared stem "part" then splits - "partie" (6 letters) vs "party" (5).
Shared stem "parti" then splits - "parties" (7 letters) vs "partis" (6).
Shared stem "part" then splits - "parties" (7 letters) vs "party" (5).
Shared stem "part" then splits - "partis" (6 letters) vs "party" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across parti, partie, parties, partis, party: aprt. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

parti
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory aiprt · private i
partie
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV
Inventory aeiprt · private ei
parties
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVVC
Inventory aeiprst · private eis
partis
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aiprst · private is
party
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory aprty · private y

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "parti" when you mean: En état d’ivresse.
Write "partie" when you mean: Portion d’un tout, morceau d’un ensemble.
Write "parties" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de parti.
Write "partis" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de parti.
Write "party" when you mean: Fête de moyenne ou de grande envergure organisée dans un but de détente et de divertissement.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

parti ← aprti · parit · parrti · partti · patri · pparti
partie ← aprtie · parite · parrtie · partei · parttie · ppartie
parties ← aprties · parites · parrties · parteis · partiess · partise
partis ← aprtis · parits · parrtis · partiss · partsi · parttis
party ← aprty · parrty · partty · partyy · paryt · patry

Each spelling

parti

adjective · /\paʁ.ti\/ · #301 frequency

En état d’ivresse.

partie

noun · /\paʁ.ti\/ · #160 frequency

Portion d’un tout, morceau d’un ensemble.

parties

adjective · /\paʁ.ti\/ · #1,145 frequency

Féminin pluriel de parti.

partis

adjective · /\paʁ.ti\/ · #1,451 frequency

Masculin pluriel de parti.

party

noun · /\paʁ.ti\/ · #6,867 frequency

Fête de moyenne ou de grande envergure organisée dans un but de détente et de divertissement.