partezvspartnerConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,370
“partez” frequency rank
#35,196
“partner” frequency rank
45566
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partez partner
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de partir. Variante ancienne (restée vivante au Canada) de partenaire.

Letter map: partez vs partner

Shared letters muted; letters that set partez and partner apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
partez
7 ch
partner

Grammar separator: partez vs partner

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: partez is averb and partneranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partez is recorded at frequency rank #10,370, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.te\. 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 45566, this pair ranks #201,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partez vs partner

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "partez": z. Private to "partner": n.

"partez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "partner" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partezaprtez · paretz · parrtez · partezz · parttez · partze · patrez · ppartez
  • partneraprtner · parnter · parrtner · partenr · partnerr · partnner · partnre · parttner

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "partez" and "partner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partez" is a verb and "partner" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "partez" vs "partner" - which ranks higher?
"partez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,370 in our French list, against #35,196 for "partner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "partez" and "partner".

  • Full dictionary entry for "partez" 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 #201,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partez" 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 #201,748 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