partyvspertoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: party is a adjective, perto is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“party” is an adjective and “perto” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,875
“party” frequency rank
#509
“perto” frequency rank
6384
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature party perto
Definition relativo a partido a pouca distância

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set party and perto apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
party
5 ch
perto

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: party is anadjective and pertoanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

party is recorded at frequency rank #5,875, classified as anadj. perto is at rank #509, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈpɛh.tʊ/, /ˈpɛr.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 6384, this pair ranks #68,059 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of party vs perto

Shared letters: prt. Private to "party": ay. Private to "perto": eo.

"party" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "perto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partyaprty · parrty · partty · partyy · paryt · patry · pparty · praty
  • pertoeprto · perot · perrto · pertto · pperto

Frequency comparison

party#5,875
perto#509

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "party" and "perto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "party" is an adjective and "perto" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "party" or "perto"?
"perto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #509 in our Portuguese list, against #5,875 for "party". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering party vs perto

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “party”; for an adverb, it's “perto”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “party” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list