Which to use
“partir” is a verb and “partner” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #275
- “partir” frequency rank
- #35,196
- “partner” frequency rank
- 35471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partir | partner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tirer son origine, avoir son commencement, avoir pour point de départ. | Variante ancienne (restée vivante au Canada) de partenaire. |
Letter map: partir vs partner
Shared letters muted; letters that set partir and partner apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for partir / partner
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: partir is averb and partneranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partir is recorded at frequency rank #275, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.tiʁ\. 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 35471, this pair ranks #276,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of partir vs partner
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "partir": i. Private to "partner": en.
"partir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "partner" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "partir" and "partner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "partir" or "partner" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "partir" vs "partner" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "partir" 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 #276,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partir" 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 #276,527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.