pacote vs parte, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“pacote” and “parte” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,790
“pacote” frequency rank: #114
“parte” frequency rank: 3904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	pacote	parte
Definition	embalagem	porção de um todo

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set pacote and parte apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

pacote

5 ch

parte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

pacote and parte are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pacote is recorded at frequency rank #3,790, classified as anoun. 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 3904, this pair ranks #71,174 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pacote vs parte

Shared letters: aept. Private to "pacote": co. Private to "parte": r.

"pacote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

pacote ← apcote · paccote · pacoet · pacotte · pactoe · paocte · pcaote · ppacote
parte ← aprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate

Frequency comparison

pacote#3,790

parte#114

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

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

"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #114 in our Portuguese list, against #3,790 for "pacote". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering pacote vs parte

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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