partevspautaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#114
“parte” frequency rank
#5,330
“pauta” frequency rank
5444
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parte pauta
Definition porção de um todo papel com traços paralelos para auxiliar a escrita direita

Where the eye mixes parte and pauta

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

5 ch
parte
5 ch
pauta

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. parte (/ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/) and pauta (/ˈpaw.tɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5444, 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/. pauta is at rank #5,330, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaw.tɐ/.

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 5444, this pair ranks #69,174 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parte vs pauta

Shared letters: apt. Private to "parte": er. Private to "pauta": u.

"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "pauta" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate
  • pautaaputa · patua · pauat · pautta · ppauta · puata

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parte" and "pauta" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/ versus /ˈpaw.tɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "parte" or "pauta"?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #114 in our Portuguese list, against #5,330 for "pauta". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list