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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "partira" and "partirais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "partira" vs "partirais" - which ranks higher?
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.