Which to use
“parte” and “peste” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #114
- “parte” frequency rank
- #10,061
- “peste” frequency rank
- 10175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parte | peste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção de um todo | epidemia grave |
Where the eye mixes parte and peste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. parte (/ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/) and peste (/ˈpɛʃ.tɨ/) 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 10175, 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/. peste is at rank #10,061, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɛʃ.tɨ/.
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 10175, this pair ranks #63,016 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parte vs peste
Shared letters: ept. Private to "parte": ar. Private to "peste": s.
"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "peste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV