# prides vs primus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### prides
*verb · IPA /pɹaɪdz/ · frequency rank #33,800*
third-person singular simple present indicative of pride

### primus
*noun · IPA /ˈpɹaɪməs/ · frequency rank #40,847*
One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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