Which to use
“périmée” is an adjective and “prisée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,551
- “périmée” frequency rank
- #28,698
- “prisée” frequency rank
- 71249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | périmée | prisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de périmé. | Estimation faite d’une chose qui doit être vendue ou inventoriée. |
Where the eye mixes périmée and prisée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. périmée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against prisée's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: périmée vs prisée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: périmée is \pe.ʁi.me\ while prisée is \pʁi.ze\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
périmée is recorded at frequency rank #42,551, classified as anadj, pronounced \pe.ʁi.me\. prisée is at rank #28,698, 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 71249, this pair ranks #48,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of périmée vs prisée
Shared letters: eipré. Private to "périmée": m. Private to "prisée": s.
"périmée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "prisée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "périmée" and "prisée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "périmée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "périmée" and "prisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "périmée vs priée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #48,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.