paraíbavspartidaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#4,500
“paraíba” frequency rank
#1,404
“partida” frequency rank
5904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature paraíba partida
Definition nordestino ato de partir, de sair para algum lado

Letter map: paraíba vs partida

Shared letters muted; letters that set paraíba and partida apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. paraíba (CVCVVCV) and partida (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
paraíba
7 ch
partida

Pair insight - paraíba / partida

paraíba and partida 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

paraíba is recorded at frequency rank #4,500, classified as anoun. partida is at rank #1,404, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɐɾ.ˈti.dɐ/.

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 5904, this pair ranks #68,643 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of paraíba vs partida

Shared letters: apr. Private to "paraíba": bí. Private to "partida": dit.

"paraíba" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "partida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partida ← aprtida · paritda · parrtida · partdia · partiad · partidda · parttida · patrida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "paraíba" for "partida" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "paraíba" vs "partida" - which ranks higher?
"partida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,404 in our Portuguese list, against #4,500 for "paraíba". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "paraíba" and "partida". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "paraíba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,643 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "paraíba" and "partida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parteira vs partida". 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 #68,643 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list