Which to use
“parier” and “priée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,369
- “parier” frequency rank
- #49,295
- “priée” frequency rank
- 59664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parier | priée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre une somme dans un pari, gager. | Participe passé féminin singulier de prier. |
Where the eye mixes parier and priée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. parier runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against priée's 5 (CCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: parier vs priée
A purely visual mix-up. parier (\pa.ʁje\) and priée (\pʁi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parier is recorded at frequency rank #10,369, classified as averb, pronounced \pa.ʁje\. priée is at rank #49,295, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁi.je\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 59664, this pair ranks #101,881 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of parier vs priée
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "parier": a. Private to "priée": é.
"parier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "priée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- parier ← aprier · pairer · pareir · parierr · parire · parrier · pparier · praier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parier" for "priée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "parier" vs "priée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "parier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "priée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,881 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parier" and "priée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs priée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #101,881 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.