Which to use
“parar” is a verb and “party” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #656
- “parar” frequency rank
- #5,875
- “party” frequency rank
- 6531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parar | party |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | interromper um movimento ou uma ação | relativo a partido |
Letter map: parar vs party
Shared letters muted; letters that set parar and party apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. parar (CVCVC) and party (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for parar / party
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parar is averb and partyanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parar is recorded at frequency rank #656, classified as averb, pronounced /pɐ.ˈɾaɾ/, /pɐ.ˈɾa/. party is at rank #5,875, tagged as anadj.
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 6531, this pair ranks #67,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parar vs party
Shared letters: apr. Private to "parar": -. Private to "party": ty.
"parar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "party" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parar" and "party" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "parar" or "party"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "parar" and "party".
- Full dictionary entry for "parar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "party" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parar" and "party" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parar vs pastar". 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 #67,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.