parkvsparteWhat's the difference?

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.

4 ch
park
5 ch
parte

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

  • parkaprk · pakr · parkk · parrk · ppark · prak
  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "park" and "parte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\paʁk\ versus \paʁt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "park" or "parte" show up more?
"park" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,173 in our French list, against #9,716 for "parte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list