Which to use
“price” and “priée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,050
- “price” frequency rank
- #49,295
- “priée” frequency rank
- 59345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | price | priée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pricer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de prier. |
Where the eye mixes price and priée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. price (\pʁajs\) and priée (\pʁi.je\) 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 a single letter - c in “price” becomes é in “priée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
price is recorded at frequency rank #10,050, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁajs\. 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 59345, this pair ranks #103,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of price vs priée
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "price": c. Private to "priée": é.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "priée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- price ← pirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prrice · rpice
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "price" and "priée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "price" or "priée"?
What to do next
You've compared "price" and "priée". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "price" 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 #103,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "price" 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
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