partevspartyWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#114
“parte” frequency rank
#5,875
“party” frequency rank
5989
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parte party
Definition porção de um todo relativo a partido

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set parte and party apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
parte
5 ch
party

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parte is anoun and partyanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “parte” becomes y in “party”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5989, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parte is recorded at frequency rank #114, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/. 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 5989, this pair ranks #68,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parte vs party

Shared letters: aprt. Private to "parte": e. Private to "party": y.

"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "party" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate
  • partyaprty · parrty · partty · partyy · paryt · patry · pparty · praty

Frequency comparison

parte#114
party#5,875

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parte" and "party" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parte" is a noun and "party" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "parte" or "party"?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #114 in our Portuguese list, against #5,875 for "party". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering parte vs party

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “parte”; for an adjective, it's “party”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “parte” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list