Initial-letter contraction
“part” in braille
Two cells for the whole word, however long it is — 4 letters here, a saving of 2 cells. “part” is the 194th most common word in English.
Dots 5, then dots 1-2-3-4
Unicode ⠐⠏ — 4 letters in two cells
How to recognise it
One of the hardest-working contractions here — 19 of the 5,000 commonest words contain it, from department to particular to partner. It is also the one the standard uses to explain that these may sit inside a word at all.
The second cell is the letter p
The second cell is the word's own first letter — the simpler half of this list. The other nine use a groupsign instead.
Where it may appear inside a longer word
Only at the start and in the middle and at the end and of a word. UEB allows these inside a longer word only where the letters keep their meaning, which spelling cannot decide, so this site settled it by counting: every English word containing “part”, checked against the reference, split by where the letters sat.
Longer words that keep it
19 words among the 5,000 commonest in English are written with this contraction inside them. These are some of them, and every one was taken from this site's own output rather than chosen by hand.
| Word | In braille (Grade 2) | Grade 1 | Grade 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| department | 10 cells | 6 cells | |
| party | 5 cells | 3 cells | |
| particular | 10 cells | 7 cells | |
| partners | 8 cells | 5 cells | |
| parts | 5 cells | 3 cells |
The other 21 words under dots 5
The largest of the three prefix groups, so the prefix itself tells you little — the second cell does the work.
character, day, ever, father, here, know, lord, mother, name, one, ought, question, right, some, there, through, time, under, where, work, young.
Check your own text
Type “part” into the translator with Grade 2 selected to see both cells, or take the full list.
“part” in braille as an image
Both cells as a picture: dot 5, then dots 1, 2, 3 and 4 — the whole word in two cells rather than 4 letters.
