parceirovsparteiraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,436
“parceiro” frequency rank
#31,485
“parteira” frequency rank
33921
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parceiro parteira
Definition uma pessoa com a qual compartilhamos algum evento, ação ou empreitada feminino de parteiro

Letter map: parceiro vs parteira

Shared letters muted; letters that set parceiro and parteira apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
parceiro
8 ch
parteira

Spelling & dictionary notes on parceiro vs parteira

parceiro and parteira 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33921, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parceiro is recorded at frequency rank #2,436, classified as anoun. parteira is at rank #31,485, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɐɾ.ˈtɐj.ɾɐ/.

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 33921, this pair ranks #33,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parceiro vs parteira

Shared letters: aeipr. Private to "parceiro": co. Private to "parteira": t.

"parceiro" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "parteira" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parceiroaprceiro · pacreiro · parcceiro · parceior · parceirro · parcerio · parciero · pareciro
  • parteiraaprteira · paretira · parrteira · parteiar · parteirra · parteria · partiera · partteira

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "parceiro" for "parteira" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "parceiro" or "parteira"?
"parceiro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,436 in our Portuguese list, against #31,485 for "parteira". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "parceiro" and "parteira". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parceiro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parteira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parceiro" and "parteira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parreira vs parteira". 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 #33,474 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