Which to use
“partes” and “priés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,195
- “partes” frequency rank
- #27,197
- “priés” frequency rank
- 62392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partes | priés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | De partir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de prier. |
Where the eye mixes partes and priés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: partes vs priés
A purely visual mix-up. partes (\paʁt\) and priés (\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 62392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partes is recorded at frequency rank #35,195, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁt\. priés is at rank #27,197, 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 62392, this pair ranks #87,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of partes vs priés
Shared letters: prs. Private to "partes": aet. Private to "priés": ié.
"partes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "priés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- partes ← aprtes · parets · parrtes · partess · partse · parttes · patres · ppartes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "partes" and "priés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "partes" or "priés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "partes" and "priés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "partes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "priés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partes" and "priés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partes vs pètes". 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 #87,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.