Which to use
“partaient” and “partais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,122
- “partaient” frequency rank
- #26,123
- “partais” frequency rank
- 52245
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partaient | partais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de partir. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de partir. |
Same sound, different letters: partaient vs partais
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. partaient runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVCC) against partais's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - partaient and partais
This is the hard kind. partaient and partais are pronounced identically (\paʁ.tɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52245, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partaient is recorded at frequency rank #26,122, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.tɛ\. partais is at rank #26,123, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.tɛ\.
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 52245, this pair ranks #149,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of partaient vs partais
Shared letters: aiprt. Private to "partaient": en. Private to "partais": s.
"partaient" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC · "partais" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "partaient" and "partais" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "partaient" or "partais"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "partaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partaient" and "partais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parias vs partais". 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 #149,056 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.