pariuvsparteConfusable pair

Quick tell: pariu is a verb, parte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pariu” is a verb and “parte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,578
“pariu” frequency rank
#114
“parte” frequency rank
16692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pariu parte
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo parir porção de um todo

Where the eye mixes pariu and parte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
pariu
5 ch
parte

Visual trap between pariu and parte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pariu is /pɐ.ˈɾiw/ while parte is /ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pariu is recorded at frequency rank #16,578, classified as averb, pronounced /pɐ.ˈɾiw/. 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 16692, this pair ranks #54,779 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pariu vs parte

Shared letters: apr. Private to "pariu": iu. Private to "parte": et.

"pariu" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pariuapriu · pairu · parriu · parui · ppariu · praiu
  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pariu" for "parte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pariu" is a verb and "parte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pariu" or "parte" show up more?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #114 in our Portuguese list, against #16,578 for "pariu". 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 "pariu" and "parte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pariu" 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 #54,779 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pariu" and "parte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pariu vs pavio". 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 #54,779 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