partiravspartiraisConfusable pair

Which to use

“partira” and “partirais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,109
“partira” frequency rank
#43,056
“partirais” frequency rank
57165
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partira partirais
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de partir. Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de partir.

Where the eye mixes partira and partirais

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. partira runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against partirais's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
partira
9 ch
partirais

Why the eye confuses partira with partirais

A purely visual mix-up. partira (\paʁ.ti.ʁa\) and partirais (\paʁ.ti.ʁɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “partira” sits inside “partirais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partira is recorded at frequency rank #14,109, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ti.ʁa\. partirais is at rank #43,056, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ti.ʁɛ\.

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 57165, this pair ranks #116,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partira vs partirais

Shared letters: aiprt. Private to "partira": -. Private to "partirais": s.

"partira" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "partirais" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partiraaprtira · paritra · parrtira · partiar · partirra · partria · parttira · patrira
  • partiraisaprtirais · paritrais · parrtirais · partiaris · partiraiss · partirasi · partirias · partirrais

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "partira" and "partirais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\paʁ.ti.ʁa\ versus \paʁ.ti.ʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "partira" vs "partirais" - which ranks higher?
"partira" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,109 in our French list, against #43,056 for "partirais". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partirais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partira" and "partirais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partirais vs partirait". 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 #116,673 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