Which to use
“parte” and “puré” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #114
- “parte” frequency rank
- #41,198
- “puré” frequency rank
- 41312
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parte | puré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção de um todo | iguaria feita de legumes, carnes ou frutas raladas transformadas num caldo grosso ou numa massa pastosa |
Where the eye mixes parte and puré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. parte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against puré's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: parte vs puré
A purely visual mix-up. parte (/ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/) and puré (/pu.ˈɾɛ/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41312, 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/. puré is at rank #41,198, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pu.ˈɾɛ/.
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 41312, this pair ranks #24,625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parte vs puré
Shared letters: pr. Private to "parte": aet. Private to "puré": ué.
"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "puré" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- parte ← aprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parte" for "puré" ever safe?
Which is more common, "parte" or "puré"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "parte" and "puré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "parte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parte" and "puré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs puré". 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 #24,625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.