partesvspartnersTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#35,195
“partes” frequency rank
#25,072
“partners” frequency rank
60267
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partes partners
Definition De partir. Pluriel de partner.

Letter map: partes vs partners

Shared letters muted; letters that set partes and partners apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. partes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against partners's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
partes
8 ch
partners

Grammar separator: partes vs partners

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: partes is averb and partnersanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partes is recorded at frequency rank #35,195, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁt\. partners is at rank #25,072, 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 60267, this pair ranks #98,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of partes vs partners

Shared letters: aeprst. Private to "partes": -. Private to "partners": n.

"partes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "partners" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partes ← aprtes · parets · parrtes · partess · partse · parttes · patres · ppartes
  • partners ← aprtners · parnters · parrtners · partenrs · partnerrs · partnerss · partnesr · partnners

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "partes" for "partners" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partes" is a verb and "partners" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "partes" vs "partners" - which ranks higher?
"partners" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,072 in our French list, against #35,195 for "partes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "partes" and "partners".

  • Full dictionary entry for "partes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partners" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partes" and "partners" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partes vs pètes". 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 #98,550 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