parts

\paʁ\

/\paʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“parts” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,431
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de part.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parts · parts · French

parts · rank #4,431 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,431
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH offrent

Nearest frequency peer: offrent (-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 « parts »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parts » 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).

parts vs pas
60% similar
parts vs pat
60% similar
parts vs pts
60% similar

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

Key facts for parts
PropertyValue
Headwordparts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,431
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parts »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « offrent » (#4,430), « poil » (#4,432), « poutine » (#4,433). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parts » est au #4,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around parts (IPA \paʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,431 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de part.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for parts, with forms such as "aprts", "parrts", and "parst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pas", "pat", "pts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is parts, spelled P-A-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de part.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. N'hésitez pas à "rectangulariser" vos parts en coupant les bords arrondis.
  2. L’Explication était sans nom d’auteur ni d’imprimeur ; mais on sut bientôt qu’elle venait des théologues de Wittemberg, qui ne cessaient de la recommander et d’en répandre des exemplaires de toutes parts.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprts
  • parrts
  • parst
  • partss
  • partts
  • patrs
  • pparts
  • prats

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parts - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aprts2parrts1parst2partss1partts1patrs2pparts1prats2
Edit distance from "parts"

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 "parts"?
"parts" is spelled P-A-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ\.
What does "parts" mean?
As a noun, "parts" means: Pluriel de part.
What words are commonly confused with "parts"?
"parts" is commonly confused with "pas", "pat", "pts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parts" is \paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parts" come from?
"parts" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list