Which to use
“prend” is a verb and “prêté” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #420
- “prend” frequency rank
- #6,129
- “prêté” frequency rank
- 6549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prend | prêté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe prendre. | Objet d'un prêt. |
Where the eye mixes prend and prêté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: prend vs prêté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prend is \pʁɑ̃\ while prêté is \pʁɛ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prend is recorded at frequency rank #420, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃\. prêté is at rank #6,129, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ.te\.
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 6549, this pair ranks #425,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prend vs prêté
Shared letters: pr. Private to "prend": den. Private to "prêté": téê.
"prend" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "prêté" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prend ← pernd · pprend · predn · prendd · prennd · prned · prrend · rpend
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prend" and "prêté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prend" vs "prêté" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prêté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prend" and "prêté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs prêté". 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 #425,917 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.