partais

\paʁ.tɛ\

/\paʁ.tɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“partais” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,123
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de partir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-partais · partais · French

partais · rank #26,123 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,123
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH partaient

Nearest frequency peer: partaient (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « partais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « partais » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

partais vs parti
71% similar
partais vs parts
71% similar
partais vs partie
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for partais
PropertyValue
Headwordpartais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\paʁ.tɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,123
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « partais »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).partaisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « partaient » (#26,122), « passionnément » (#26,124), « Pellerin » (#26,125). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « partais » est au #26,123. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around partais (IPA \paʁ.tɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,123 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for partais, with forms such as "aprtais", "paratis", and "parrtais". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "parti", "parts", "partie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is partais, spelled P-A-R-T-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de partir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de partir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how partais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une fois mes photos prises et tirées, je partais dans les rédactions des journaux locaux pour les vendre ou m’installais à l’AFP et AP, à L’Orient le Jour pour avoir des infos et retrouver mes confrères libanais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprtais
  • paratis
  • parrtais
  • partaiss
  • partasi
  • partias
  • parttais
  • patrais
  • ppartais
  • pratais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of partais - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aprtais2paratis2parrtais1partaiss1partasi2partias2parttais1patrais2
Edit distance from "partais"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "partais"?
"partais" is spelled P-A-R-T-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.tɛ\.
What does "partais" mean?
As a verb, "partais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de partir.
What words are commonly confused with "partais"?
"partais" is commonly confused with "parti", "parts", "partie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "partais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "partais" is \paʁ.tɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "partais" come from?
"partais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "partais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list