Which to use
“pride” and “proie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,246
- “pride” frequency rank
- #6,874
- “proie” frequency rank
- 27120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pride | proie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manifestation de visibilité de la population LGBTI, aussi appelée LGBT pride, marche des fiertés ou marche de visibilité. | Animal vivant qu’un animal carnassier ravit pour le manger. |
Where the eye mixes pride and proie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses pride with proie
A purely visual mix-up. pride (\pʁajd\) and proie (\pʁwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pride is recorded at frequency rank #20,246, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁajd\. proie is at rank #6,874, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁwa\.
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 27120, this pair ranks #330,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pride vs proie
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "pride": d. Private to "proie": o.
"pride" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "proie" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pride" for "proie" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pride" or "proie"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pride" and "proie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pride" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pride" and "proie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pride 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
Confusion rank #330,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.