part
\paʁ\
The verdict
“part” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #193 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #193
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Portion de quelque chose qui se divise entre plusieurs personnes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | part |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “part” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for part is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #193 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for part, with forms such as "aprt", "parrt", and "partt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pr", "Pt", "pas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is part, spelled P-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Portion de quelque chose qui se divise entre plusieurs personnes.
- 2Partie d'un ensemble.
- 3Action, participation, dans une société commerciale.
- 4Une des choses qui, sans être divisées, peuvent se communiquer à plusieurs personnes.
- 5Personne d’où vient quelque chose.
- 6Lieu ; endroit.
- 7Côté.
- 8Dans un herbier, feuille contenant l’échantillon desséché et une étiquette.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprt,parrt,partt,patr,ppart
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of part - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “part”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \paʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Pr” - see the side-by-side comparison. part vs Pr
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.