Which to use
“prescrire” is a verb and “prescrites” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,463
- “prescrire” frequency rank
- #35,652
- “prescrites” frequency rank
- 51115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prescrire | prescrites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ordonner, recommander ou marquer précisément ce qu’on veut qui soit fait. | Féminin pluriel de prescrit. |
Where the eye mixes prescrire and prescrites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. prescrire runs 9 letters (CCVCCCVCV) against prescrites's 10 (CCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between prescrire and prescrites
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prescrire is \pʁɛs.kʁiʁ\ while prescrites is \pʁɛs.kʁit\. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prescrire is recorded at frequency rank #15,463, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɛs.kʁiʁ\. prescrites is at rank #35,652, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɛs.kʁit\.
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 51115, this pair ranks #157,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prescrire vs prescrites
Shared letters: ceiprs. Private to "prescrire": -. Private to "prescrites": t.
"prescrire" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCV · "prescrites" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prescrire ← perscrire · pprescrire · precsrire · presccrire · prescirre · prescrier · prescrirre · prescrrie
- prescrites ← perscrites · pprescrites · precsrites · presccrites · prescirtes · prescriets · prescritess · prescritse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prescrire" and "prescrites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prescrire" or "prescrites" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prescrire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prescrites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prescrire" and "prescrites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prescrite vs prescrites". 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 #157,465 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.