Which to use
“prié” and “priée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,873
- “prié” frequency rank
- #49,295
- “priée” frequency rank
- 63168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prié | priée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de prier. | Participe passé féminin singulier de prier. |
Same sound, different letters: prié vs priée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. prié runs 4 letters (CCVV) against priée's 5 (CCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prié vs priée
This is the hard kind. prié and priée are pronounced identically (\pʁi.je\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prié” sits inside “priée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prié is recorded at frequency rank #13,873, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁi.je\. 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 63168, this pair ranks #83,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prié vs priée
Shared letters: ipré. Private to "prié": -. Private to "priée": e.
"prié" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "priée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prié" / "priée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prié" 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 #83,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prié" and "priée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs priée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #83,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.