partition

\paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\

/\paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“partition” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,046
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’ensemble ou la réunion de toutes les parties d’une composition musicale, écrites les unes au-dessous des autres, de manière à se correspondre exactement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-partition · partition · French

partition · rank #10,046 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,046
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pareils

Nearest frequency peer: pareils (-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 « partition »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « partition » 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).

partition vs pétition
78% similar
partition vs parution
78% similar
partition vs perdition
78% similar

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

Key facts for partition
PropertyValue
Headwordpartition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,046
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « partition »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.partitionse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pareils » (#10,045), « penche » (#10,047), « parallèles » (#10,044). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « partition » est au #10,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around partition (IPA \paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,046 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for partition, with forms such as "aprtition", "parittion", and "parrtition". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "pétition", "parution", "perdition", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is partition, spelled P-A-R-T-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    L’ensemble ou la réunion de toutes les parties d’une composition musicale, écrites les unes au-dessous des autres, de manière à se correspondre exactement.
  2. 2
    Réduction d’un opéra pour piano et chant, ou pour piano seul.
  3. 3
    Division ; partage.
  4. 4
    Pour un ensemble, découpage en sous-ensembles disjoints.
  5. 5
    Pour un entier naturel, écriture comme la somme d'entiers naturels.
  6. 6
    Division du champ de l’écu.
  7. 7
    Sous-ensemble d’un disque dur découpé virtuellement en unités logiques.
  8. 8
    Division logique d’une table stockée en plusieurs parties indépendantes.
  9. 9
    Division d'un territoire.
  10. 10
    Histoire ; succession d’événements.
  11. 11
    Programme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] flétrissez aussi le charlatanisme de ces pseudo-virtuoses qui ont obtenu des succès apocryphes à New-York ou en Californie, et qui, […], viennent défigurer sur nos grandes scènes lyriques des partitions dont elles ridiculisent la majesté par les exagérations de leur style exotique.
  2. M. Ferdinand Poise a écrit, sur cette jolie scénette en deux actes, une partition fine, élégante et distinguée, la sœur des Surprises de l'amour et de l’Amour médecin dont elle retrouvera sans doute le succès.

Synonyms

partochedisque logiquelecteur logique

This word in other languages

score(English)partitura(Español)Partitur(Deutsch)partitura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprtition
  • parittion
  • parrtition
  • partiiton
  • partitino
  • partitionn
  • partitoin
  • partittion
  • parttiion
  • parttition
  • patrition
  • ppartition
  • pratition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of partition - 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.

aprtition2parittion2parrtition1partiiton2partitino2partitionn1partitoin2partittion1
Edit distance from "partition"

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 "partition"?
"partition" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\.
What does "partition" mean?
As a noun, "partition" means: L’ensemble ou la réunion de toutes les parties d’une composition musicale, écrites les unes au-dessous des autres, de manière à se correspondre exactement.
What words are commonly confused with "partition"?
"partition" is commonly confused with "pétition", "parution", "perdition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "partition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "partition" is \paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "partition" come from?
"partition" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

productif#10,051préparent#10,054intuition#10,020hypocrite#10,013

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

renforts13 variantssouhaitait13 variantssuggestion13 variantsfacultés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list