Which to use
“price” and “primée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,050
- “price” frequency rank
- #45,245
- “primée” frequency rank
- 55295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | price | primée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pricer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de primer. |
Where the eye mixes price and primée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses price with primée
A purely visual mix-up. price (\pʁajs\) and primée (\pʁi.me\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55295, 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\. primée is at rank #45,245, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁi.me\.
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 55295, this pair ranks #128,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of price vs primée
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "price": c. Private to "primée": mé.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "primée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- price ← pirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prrice · rpice
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "price" and "primée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "price" or "primée"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "price" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "primée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "price" and "primée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs primée". 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 #128,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.