Which to use
“partie” is a noun and “parue” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #160
- “partie” frequency rank
- #13,857
- “parue” frequency rank
- 14017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partie | parue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Portion d’un tout, morceau d’un ensemble. | Participe passé féminin singulier de paraître (ou paraitre). |
Where the eye mixes partie and parue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: partie is \paʁ.ti\ while parue is \pa.ʁy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partie is recorded at frequency rank #160, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.ti\. parue is at rank #13,857, tagged as averb, pronounced \pa.ʁy\.
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 14017, this pair ranks #398,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of partie vs parue
Shared letters: aepr. Private to "partie": it. Private to "parue": u.
"partie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "parue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV