Which to use
“poire” is a noun and “priée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,720
- “poire” frequency rank
- #49,295
- “priée” frequency rank
- 65015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poire | priée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit à pépin, de saveur agréable, ordinairement de forme oblongue, et qui va en diminuant vers la queue. | Participe passé féminin singulier de prier. |
Where the eye mixes poire and priée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. poire (CVVCV) and priée (CCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses poire with priée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: poire is \pwaʁ\ while priée is \pʁi.je\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poire is recorded at frequency rank #15,720, classified as anoun, pronounced \pwaʁ\. priée is at rank #49,295, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁi.je\.
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 65015, this pair ranks #74,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of poire vs priée
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "poire": o. Private to "priée": é.
"poire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "priée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- poire ← opire · piore · poier · poirre · ppoire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poire" for "priée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "poire" vs "priée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "poire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "priée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poire" and "priée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep 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 #74,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.