partisvspartonsTell them apart

Quick tell: partis is a adjective, partons is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“partis” is an adjective and “partons” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,451
“partis” frequency rank
#16,695
“partons” frequency rank
18146
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partis partons
Definition Masculin pluriel de parti. Pluriel de parton.

Where the eye mixes partis and partons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
partis
7 ch
partons

Look-alike desk: partis vs partons

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: partis is \paʁ.ti\ while partons is \paʁ.tɔ̃\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partis is recorded at frequency rank #1,451, classified as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.ti\. partons is at rank #16,695, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.tɔ̃\.

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 18146, this pair ranks #379,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of partis vs partons

Shared letters: aprst. Private to "partis": i. Private to "partons": no.

"partis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "partons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partisaprtis · parits · parrtis · partiss · partsi · parttis · patris · ppartis
  • partonsaprtons · parotns · parrtons · partnos · partonns · partonss · partosn · parttons

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "partis" for "partons" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partis" is an adjective and "partons" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "partis" or "partons"?
"partis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,451 in our French list, against #16,695 for "partons". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "partis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #379,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partis" and "partons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parions vs partons". 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 #379,768 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