Which to use
“péril” is a noun and “pris” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,489
- “péril” frequency rank
- #302
- “pris” frequency rank
- 7791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | péril | pris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Danger, risque, état où il y a quelque chose de fâcheux à craindre. | Occupé, pas disponible. |
Where the eye mixes péril and pris
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between péril and pris
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: péril is \pe.ʁil\ while pris is \pʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
péril is recorded at frequency rank #7,489, classified as anoun, pronounced \pe.ʁil\. pris is at rank #302, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁi\.
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 7791, this pair ranks #422,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of péril vs pris
Shared letters: ipr. Private to "péril": lé. Private to "pris": s.
"péril" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pris" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pris ← pirs · ppris · priss · prris · prsi · rpis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "péril" and "pris" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "péril" or "pris" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "péril" and "pris" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "péril" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "péril" and "pris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "péril vs purin". 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 #422,111 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.