Which to use
“party” and “pato” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,875
- “party” frequency rank
- #6,330
- “pato” frequency rank
- 12205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | party | pato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo a partido | empatado |
Letter map: party vs pato
Shared letters muted; letters that set party and pato apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. party runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against pato's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - party / pato
party and pato are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
party is recorded at frequency rank #5,875, classified as anadj. pato is at rank #6,330, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpa.tʊ/.
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 12205, this pair ranks #60,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of party vs pato
Shared letters: apt. Private to "party": ry. Private to "pato": o.
"party" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pato" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "party" for "pato" ever safe?
Frequency check: "party" vs "pato" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "party" and "pato". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "party" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "party" and "pato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pato vs Pluto". 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 #60,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.