prise
\pʁiz\
The verdict
“prise” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #758 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #758
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faculté de prendre, de saisir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁiz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prise” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for prise is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #758 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 18 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for prise, with forms such as "pirse", "pprise", and "pries". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puis", "prix", "pros", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prise, spelled P-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Faculté de prendre, de saisir.
- 2Action de prendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
- 3Action de s’emparer d’un navire ; le navire capturé.
- 4Succession de mouvements ayant pour but de neutraliser un adversaire ou de s’en libérer.
- 5Manière de tenir un engin de sport.
- 6Chose ou proie qui a été saisie.
- 7Personne ou chose qui s’est jointe, a été attirée, est demeurée.
- 8Saillie ou autre relief permettant de prendre appui pour l’escalade.
- 9Dose qu’on prend en une fois, en parlant de médicament ou de drogue.
- 10Pincée de tabac.
- 11Solidification en parlant du plâtre, du ciment, de la chaux, etc.
- 12Coagulation, caillage, en parlant du lait.
- 13Action de combattre. Il se dit aussi de deux ou de plusieurs personnes qui disputent ou qui jouent les unes contre les autres. On ne l’emploie guère en ce sens que dans les locutions suivantes :
- 14prise de courant ou port de données électronique.
- 15Fiche (électrique, ou de câble de données).
- 16Terrain pris sur la mer.
- 17L'une des trois chances d'un frappeur, de l'anglais strike.
- 18Séquence de tournage.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pirse,pprise,pries,prisse,prrise,prsie,rpise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prise - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “prise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁiz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “puis” - see the side-by-side comparison. prise vs puis
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.