Which to use
“pesée” and “prisée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,826
- “pesée” frequency rank
- #28,698
- “prisée” frequency rank
- 62524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pesée | prisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de peser. | Estimation faite d’une chose qui doit être vendue ou inventoriée. |
Where the eye mixes pesée and prisée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pesée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against prisée's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pesée vs prisée
A purely visual mix-up. pesée (\pə.ze\) and prisée (\pʁi.ze\) 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 62524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pesée is recorded at frequency rank #33,826, classified as anoun, pronounced \pə.ze\. 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 62524, this pair ranks #86,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pesée vs prisée
Shared letters: epsé. Private to "pesée": -. Private to "prisée": ir.
"pesée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "prisée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pesée" for "prisée" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pesée" 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 #86,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pesée" and "prisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs pesée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #86,629 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.