Which to use
“park” and “parte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,173
- “park” frequency rank
- #9,716
- “parte” frequency rank
- 13889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | park | parte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de parken. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de partir. |
Where the eye mixes park and parte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. park runs 4 letters (CVCC) against parte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: park vs parte
A purely visual mix-up. park (\paʁk\) and parte (\paʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
park is recorded at frequency rank #4,173, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁk\. parte is at rank #9,716, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁt\.
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 13889, this pair ranks #399,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of park vs parte
Shared letters: apr. Private to "park": k. Private to "parte": et.
"park" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "park" and "parte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "park" or "parte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "park" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "park" and "parte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parl vs parte". 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 #399,110 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.