partevsporteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#114
“parte” frequency rank
#4,093
“porte” frequency rank
4207
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parte porte
Definition porção de um todo o ato de portar, transportar

Where the eye mixes parte and porte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
parte
5 ch
porte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. parte (/ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/) and porte (/ˈpɔɾ.tɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “parte” becomes o in “porte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4207, 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/. porte is at rank #4,093, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɔɾ.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 4207, this pair ranks #70,784 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parte vs porte

Shared letters: eprt. Private to "parte": a. Private to "porte": o.

"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "porte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate
  • porteoprte · poret · porrte · portte · potre · pporte · prote

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parte" and "porte" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/ versus /ˈpɔɾ.tɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "parte" or "porte"?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #114 in our Portuguese list, against #4,093 for "porte". 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