pace vs parte, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“pace” is an adverb and “parte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,071
“pace” frequency rank: #114
“parte” frequency rank: 29185
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	pace	parte
Definition	em paz, pacificamente	porção de um todo

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set pace and parte apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

pace

5 ch

parte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pace is /ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/ while parte is /ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/. 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 (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pace is recorded at frequency rank #29,071, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/. parte is at rank #114, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/.

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 29185, this pair ranks #39,525 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pace vs parte

Shared letters: aep. Private to "pace": c. Private to "parte": rt.

"pace" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

pace ← apce · pacce · paec · pcae · ppace
parte ← aprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate

Frequency comparison

pace#29,071

parte#114

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pace" and "parte" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pace" is an adverb and "parte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "pace" or "parte"?

"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #114 in our Portuguese list, against #29,071 for "pace". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering pace vs parte

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adverb, it's “pace”; for a noun, it's “parte”.
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