Which to use
“prêté” is a noun and “price” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,129
- “prêté” frequency rank
- #10,050
- “price” frequency rank
- 16179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prêté | price |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Objet d'un prêt. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pricer. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set prêté and price apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prêté is \pʁɛ.te\ while price is \pʁajs\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prêté is recorded at frequency rank #6,129, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ.te\. price is at rank #10,050, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁajs\.
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 16179, this pair ranks #389,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prêté vs price
Shared letters: pr. Private to "prêté": téê. Private to "price": cei.
"prêté" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- price ← pirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prrice · rpice
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prêté" and "price" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prêté" or "price"?
Remembering prêté vs price
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “prêté”; for a verb, it's “price”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “prêté” entry
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