priver

\pʁi.ve\

/\pʁi.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“priver” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,060. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,060
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ôter à quelqu’un ce qu’il a, ce qu’il possède, l’empêcher de jouir de quelque avantage qu’il avait ou pouvait avoir, le dépouiller de quelque chose qui lui appartient.

Corpus desk

Index FR-priver · priver · French

priver · rank #9,060 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,060
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poli

Nearest frequency peer: poli (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « priver »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « priver » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

priver vs prize
67% similar
priver vs privés
67% similar
priver vs puiser
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for priver
PropertyValue
Headwordpriver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁi.ve\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,060
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « priver »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.priverse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « poli » (#9,059), « problématiques » (#9,061), « Pokémon » (#9,058). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « priver » est au #9,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around priver (IPA \pʁi.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,060 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for priver, with forms such as "pirver", "ppriver", and "prievr". 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, "prize", "privés", "puiser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is priver, spelled P-R-I-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ôter à quelqu’un ce qu’il a, ce qu’il possède, l’empêcher de jouir de quelque avantage qu’il avait ou pouvait avoir, le dépouiller de quelque chose qui lui appartient.
  2. 2
    Retirer à quelqu'un ce qu’il désire.
  3. 3
    Se refuser un plaisir, un désir, un avantage ; s’imposer des privations.
  4. 4
    S’abstenir de réagir ou de faire quelque chose.
  5. 5
    S’apprivoiser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how priver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] ; il déplorait, dans son cœur, qu'un défaut de combinaison, ou qu'une vaine jalousie le privassent des immenses résultats qu'il était à la veille de recueillir.
  2. Le sol schisteux et argileux de la partie septentrionale des Ardennes au-delà de Charleville est entièrement privé de calcaire, […].

Synonyms

refuserabstenirretirer

Antonyms

autoriseraccorder

This word in other languages

deprive(English)privar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirver
  • ppriver
  • prievr
  • priverr
  • privre
  • privver
  • prriver
  • prvier
  • rpiver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of priver - 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.

pirver2ppriver1prievr2priverr1privre2privver1prriver1prvier2
Edit distance from "priver"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "priver"?
"priver" is spelled P-R-I-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.ve\.
What does "priver" mean?
As a verb, "priver" means: Ôter à quelqu’un ce qu’il a, ce qu’il possède, l’empêcher de jouir de quelque avantage qu’il avait ou pouvait avoir, le dépouiller de quelque chose qui lui appartient.
What words are commonly confused with "priver"?
"priver" is commonly confused with "prize", "privés", "puiser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "priver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "priver" is \pʁi.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "priver" come from?
"priver" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "priver", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

percer#9,053rurale#9,069oscars#9,050modéré#9,044

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

platine9 variantsmenant9 variantssursis9 variantsKennedy9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list