partsvspazesTell them apart

Quick tell: parts is a adjective, pazes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“parts” is an adjective and “pazes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,666
“parts” frequency rank
#16,831
“pazes” frequency rank
47497
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parts pazes
Definition forma plural de part reconciliação, ação ou resultado da ação de fazer reestabelecida relação de amistosidade mútua

Letter map: parts vs pazes

Shared letters muted; letters that set parts and pazes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. parts (CVCCC) and pazes (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
parts
5 ch
pazes

Role in the sentence - parts and pazes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parts is anadjective and pazesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parts is recorded at frequency rank #30,666, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈpalts/. pazes is at rank #16,831, tagged as anoun.

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 47497, this pair ranks #17,741 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of parts vs pazes

Shared letters: aps. Private to "parts": rt. Private to "pazes": ez.

"parts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "pazes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parts ← aprts · parrts · parst · partss · partts · patrs · pparts · prats
  • pazes ← apzes · paezs · pazess · pazse · pazzes · ppazes · pzaes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "parts" and "pazes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parts" is an adjective and "pazes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "parts" or "pazes"?
"pazes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,831 in our Portuguese list, against #30,666 for "parts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "parts" vs "pazes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pazes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,741 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parts" and "pazes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pacas vs parts". 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 #17,741 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