prise
/pɹaɪz/verb
prise is spelled P-R-I-S-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, prise means “To force (open) with a lever; to pry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in prise?
| Letters | 5: P-R-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is prise?
Prise appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce prise?
- /pɹaɪz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-prize.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with prise
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: prize.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with prise?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as prise.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spire, spier.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of prise
- prises present, singular, he/she/it
- prising participle, present
- prised participle, past
- prize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart!
- 2
To extract something that is difficult to obtain.
prise information out of someone
noun
- 1
obsoleteAn enterprise or adventure.
- 2
obsoleteObsolete form of prize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prise in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to force open with a lever, to pry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | aufstemmen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does prise come from?
From the Middle English noun prise (“taking of something”), from Old French prise (“seizure; taking; capture”), past participle of prendre (“to take”). Doublet of prize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).