partie

/\paʁ.ti\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#160

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

partie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Portion d’un tout, morceau d’un ensemble. Pronounced \paʁ.ti\. It ranks #160 in French word frequency. Often confused with pâte and prié.

Key facts for partie
PropertyValue
Headwordpartie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.ti\
Letters6
Frequency rank#160
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of partie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for partie is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ.ti\. Corpus data places it at rank #160 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for partie, with forms such as "aprtie", "parite", and "parrtie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pâte", "prié", "porte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is partie, spelled P-A-R-T-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Portion d’un tout, morceau d’un ensemble.
  2. 2
    Sous-ensemble.
  3. 3
    Quantité, portion de.
  4. 4
    Affrontement ludique entre deux ou plusieurs personnes.
  5. 5
    Profession ou spécialité.
  6. 6
    Ce que chaque voix ou instrument particulier doit faire dans un morceau d’ensemble, et la copie séparée de cela.
  7. 7
    Moment ou instant agréable.
  8. 8
    Réception, fête.
  9. 9
    Personne qui est partie prenante.
  10. 10
    Celui dont un avocat, ou un avoué, défend le droit ou les prétentions.
  11. 11
    Ellipse de parties sexuelles, génitales, testicule.
  12. 12
    Abréviation de partie fine.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprtie,parite,parrtie,partei,parttie,ppartie,pratie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for partie

Misspelling Variants of "partie"

aprtie6parite6parrtie7partei6parttie7ppartie7pratie6
Misspelling Variants of "partie"

Frequency rank: #160 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "partie"?
"partie" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ti\.
What does "partie" mean?
As a noun, "partie" means: Portion d’un tout, morceau d’un ensemble.
What words are commonly confused with "partie"?
"partie" is commonly confused with "pâte", "prié", "porte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "partie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "partie" is \paʁ.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "partie" come from?
"partie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.