partiçãovspartidaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#27,964
“partição” frequency rank
#1,404
“partida” frequency rank
29368
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partição partida
Definition ato ou efeito de partir, de dividir ato de partir, de sair para algum lado

Where the eye mixes partição and partida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. partição runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against partida's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
partição
7 ch
partida

Visual trap between partição and partida

A purely visual mix-up. partição (/pɐɾ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and partida (/pɐɾ.ˈti.dɐ/) 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 29368, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partição is recorded at frequency rank #27,964, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɐɾ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. partida is at rank #1,404, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɐɾ.ˈti.dɐ/.

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 29368, this pair ranks #39,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partição vs partida

Shared letters: aiprt. Private to "partição": oãç. Private to "partida": d.

"partição" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "partida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partida ← aprtida · paritda · parrtida · partdia · partiad · partidda · parttida · patrida

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "partição" and "partida" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/pɐɾ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /pɐɾ.ˈti.dɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "partição" or "partida"?
"partida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,404 in our Portuguese list, against #27,964 for "partição". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "partição" and "partida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partição" and "partida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partição vs perdição". 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 #39,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list