pourvsPrConfusable pair

Quick tell: pour is a verb, Pr is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pour” is a verb and “Pr” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,799
“pour” frequency rank
#3,677
“Pr” frequency rank
11476
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pour Pr
Definition eingießen, einschenken Praseodym

Letter map: pour vs Pr

Shared letters muted; letters that set pour and Pr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
pour
2 ch
Pr

Part-of-speech tell for pour / Pr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pour is averb and Pranabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pour is recorded at frequency rank #7,799, classified as averb, pronounced [pɔː]. Pr is at rank #3,677, tagged as anabbrev.

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 11476, this pair ranks #1,969,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pour vs Pr

Shared letters: pr. Private to "pour": ou. Private to "Pr": -.

"pour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Pr" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pouropur · poru · pourr · ppour · puor

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pour" for "Pr" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pour" is a verb and "Pr" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "pour" vs "Pr" - which ranks higher?
"Pr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,677 in our German list, against #7,799 for "pour". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pour" and "Pr".

  • Full dictionary entry for "pour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Pr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,969,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pour" and "Pr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pau vs pour". 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 #1,969,691 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list