parente vs parte, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#5,979
“parente” frequency rank: #114
“parte” frequency rank: 6093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	parente	parte
Definition	indivíduo que, em relação a outro, pertence à mesma família	porção de um todo

Letter map: parente vs parte

Shared letters muted; letters that set parente and parte apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch

parente

5 ch

parte

Pair insight - parente / parte

parente 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parente is recorded at frequency rank #5,979, 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 6093, this pair ranks #68,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parente vs parte

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "parente": n. Private to "parte": -.

"parente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

parente ← aprente · paernte · parenet · parennte · parentte · paretne · parnete · parrente
parte ← aprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "parente" vs "parte" - which ranks higher?

"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #114 in our Portuguese list, against #5,979 for "parente". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "parente" 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 #68,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"parente" and "parte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parente vs piamente". 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 #68,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.