parirvspartyWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: parir is a verb, party is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“parir” is a verb and “party” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,846
“parir” frequency rank
#5,875
“party” frequency rank
44721
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parir party
Definition a ação do parto; realizar o nascimento de uma nova vida gerada em um útero (nos animais vivíparos) relativo a partido

Letter map: parir vs party

Shared letters muted; letters that set parir and party apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. parir (CVCVC) and party (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
parir
5 ch
party

Grammar separator: parir vs party

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parir 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 44721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parir is recorded at frequency rank #38,846, classified as averb, pronounced /paˈɾi(ʁ)/ [paˈɾi(h)]. 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 44721, this pair ranks #20,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parir vs party

Shared letters: apr. Private to "parir": i. Private to "party": ty.

"parir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "party" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parir ← aprir · pairr · parirr · parri · parrir · pparir · prair
  • party ← aprty · parrty · partty · partyy · paryt · patry · pparty · praty

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "parir" and "party" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parir" is a verb and "party" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "parir" vs "party" - which ranks higher?
"party" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,875 in our Portuguese list, against #38,846 for "parir". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "parir" vs "party" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parir" 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 #20,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parir" and "party" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "papiro vs parir". 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 #20,704 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