parravspartyTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#29,076
“parra” frequency rank
#5,875
“party” frequency rank
34951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parra party
Definition ramo novo da videira relativo a partido

Letter map: parra vs party

Shared letters muted; letters that set parra and party apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. parra and party follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
parra
5 ch
party

Grammar separator: parra vs party

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parra is anoun and partyanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parra is recorded at frequency rank #29,076, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpa.Rɐ/. 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 34951, this pair ranks #32,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parra vs party

Shared letters: apr. Private to "parra": -. Private to "party": ty.

"parra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "party" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parra ← aprra · pparra · prara
  • party ← aprty · parrty · partty · partyy · paryt · patry · pparty · praty

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "parra" for "party" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parra" is a noun and "party" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "parra" or "party"?
"party" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,875 in our Portuguese list, against #29,076 for "parra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "parra" 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 #32,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parra" and "party" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pança vs parra". 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 #32,196 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