partyvsporteWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#5,875
“party” frequency rank
#4,093
“porte” frequency rank
9968
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature party porte
Definition relativo a partido o ato de portar, transportar

Where the spellings diverge

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

5 ch
party
5 ch
porte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: party is anadjective and porteanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

party is recorded at frequency rank #5,875, classified as anadj. porte is at rank #4,093, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɔɾ.tɨ/.

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 9968, this pair ranks #63,278 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of party vs porte

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

"party" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "porte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partyaprty · parrty · partty · partyy · paryt · patry · pparty · praty
  • porteoprte · poret · porrte · portte · potre · pporte · prote

Frequency comparison

party#5,875
porte#4,093

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "party" and "porte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "party" is an adjective and "porte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "party" or "porte"?
"porte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,093 in our Portuguese list, against #5,875 for "party". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering party vs porte

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “party”; for a noun, it's “porte”.
  • 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