paredevsparteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,020
“parede” frequency rank
#114
“parte” frequency rank
2134
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parede parte
Definition obra de alvenaria que fecha ou divide o espaço em uma construção porção de um todo

Where the eye mixes parede and parte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
parede
5 ch
parte

Visual trap between parede and parte

A purely visual mix-up. parede (/pɐ.ˈɾe.dʒɪ/) and parte (/ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parede is recorded at frequency rank #2,020, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɐ.ˈɾe.dʒɪ/. 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 2134, this pair ranks #73,351 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parede vs parte

Shared letters: aepr. Private to "parede": d. Private to "parte": t.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • paredeaprede · paerde · pardee · paredde · pareed · parrede · pparede · praede
  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parede" and "parte" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/pɐ.ˈɾe.dʒɪ/ versus /ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "parede" vs "parte" - which ranks higher?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #114 in our Portuguese list, against #2,020 for "parede". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "parede" and "parte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,351 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parede" and "parte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs parte". 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 #73,351 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