partagervspartnerTell them apart

Quick tell: partager is a verb, partner is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“partager” is a verb and “partner” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,708
“partager” frequency rank
#35,196
“partner” frequency rank
36904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partager partner
Definition Diviser une chose en plusieurs parties séparées, pour en faire la distribution. Variante ancienne (restée vivante au Canada) de partenaire.

Letter map: partager vs partner

Shared letters muted; letters that set partager and partner apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
partager
7 ch
partner

Grammar separator: partager vs partner

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: partager is averb and partneranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partager is recorded at frequency rank #1,708, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒe\. partner is at rank #35,196, 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 36904, this pair ranks #266,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partager vs partner

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "partager": g. Private to "partner": n.

"partager" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "partner" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partageraprtager · paratger · parrtager · partaegr · partagerr · partagger · partagre · partgaer
  • partneraprtner · parnter · parrtner · partenr · partnerr · partnner · partnre · parttner

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "partager" and "partner" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partager" is a verb and "partner" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "partager" or "partner" show up more?
"partager" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,708 in our French list, against #35,196 for "partner". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "partager" and "partner". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partager" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #266,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partager" and "partner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partner vs pater". 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 #266,285 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