Which to use
“apart” is an adjective and “atari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,275
- “apart” frequency rank
- #41,654
- “atari” frequency rank
- 73929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apart | atari |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chic, classe, charmant. | Portail, parvis. |
Letter map: apart vs atari
Shared letters muted; letters that set apart and atari apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for apart / atari
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apart is anadjective and atarianoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apart is recorded at frequency rank #32,275, classified as anadj, pronounced \aˈpaʁt\. atari is at rank #41,654, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 73929, this pair ranks #38,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apart vs atari
Shared letters: art. Private to "apart": p. Private to "atari": i.
"apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "atari" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apart" for "atari" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apart" vs "atari" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "apart" and "atari".
- Full dictionary entry for "apart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apart" and "atari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ATA vs atari". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #38,842 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.