priser
\pʁi.ze\
The verdict
“priser” is uncommon French (frequency #87,973 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,973
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aspirer par le nez (du tabac, ou une autre substance : cocaïne, etc.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-priser · priser · French
priser · rank #87,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,973
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH priera
Nearest frequency peer: priera (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « priser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pressurisat…
pressurisation
12,031 corpus weight
- previous
previous
12,030 corpus weight
- priera
priera
12,029 corpus weight
- priser
priser
12,028 corpus weight
- procéderont
procéderont
12,027 corpus weight
- profanateurs
profanateurs
12,026 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « priser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | priser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁi.ze\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « priser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
priser is uncommon French at frequency #87,973 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aspirer par le nez (du tabac, ou une autre substance : cocaïne, etc.).".
Zero misspellings are on record for priser in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is priser, spelled P-R-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Aspirer par le nez (du tabac, ou une autre substance : cocaïne, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how priser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au milieu est placé un grand brasero qui sert à allumer les encensoirs et peut-être aussi les cigarettes, car beaucoup de prêtres espagnols fument, ce qui ne nous paraît pas plus inconvenant que de priser du tabac en poudre, jouissance que le clergé français se permet sans aucun scrupule.
Toujours vêtu de culottes noires, habit marron, il prisait dans une tabatière d’argent richement armoriée, en plissant sa figure sèche et ridée.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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