Which to use
“plier” and “priver” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,215
- “plier” frequency rank
- #9,060
- “priver” frequency rank
- 18275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plier | priver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre en double une ou plusieurs fois, en parlant du linge, des étoffes, du papier, etc. | Ôter à quelqu’un ce qu’il a, ce qu’il possède, l’empêcher de jouir de quelque avantage qu’il avait ou pouvait avoir, le dépouiller de quelque chose qui lui appartient. |
Where the eye mixes plier and priver
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: plier vs priver
A purely visual mix-up. plier (\pli.je\) and priver (\pʁi.ve\) 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 18275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plier is recorded at frequency rank #9,215, classified as averb, pronounced \pli.je\. priver is at rank #9,060, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁi.ve\.
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 18275, this pair ranks #379,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plier vs priver
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "plier": l. Private to "priver": v.
"plier" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "priver" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plier" for "priver" ever safe?
Frequency check: "plier" vs "priver" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "plier" and "priver" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "priver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plier" and "priver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plier vs priée". 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 #379,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.