Which to use
“passées” is an adjective and “prisées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,057
- “passées” frequency rank
- #43,611
- “prisées” frequency rank
- 48668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passées | prisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de passé. | Pluriel de prisée. |
Where the eye mixes passées and prisées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. passées (CVCCVVC) and prisées (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between passées and prisées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: passées is \pa.se\ while prisées is \pʁi.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passées is recorded at frequency rank #5,057, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.se\. prisées is at rank #43,611, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.ze\.
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 48668, this pair ranks #176,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passées vs prisées
Shared letters: epsé. Private to "passées": a. Private to "prisées": ir.
"passées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "prisées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passées" for "prisées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "passées" or "prisées"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "passées" and "prisées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passées" and "prisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs prisées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #176,981 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.