Which to use
“priée” and “prier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,295
- “priée” frequency rank
- #6,009
- “prier” frequency rank
- 55304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | priée | prier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de prier. | Adorer la divinité en lui demandant une grâce, en la remerciant d’une grâce. |
Same sound, different letters: priée vs prier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - priée / prier
This is the hard kind. priée and prier 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
priée is recorded at frequency rank #49,295, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁi.je\. prier is at rank #6,009, 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 55304, this pair ranks #128,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of priée vs prier
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "priée": é. Private to "prier": -.
"priée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "prier" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prier ← pirer · pprier · preir · prierr · prire · prrier · rpier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "priée" for "prier" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "priée" or "prier" show up more?
Useful next steps
"priée" and "prier" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "priée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "priée" and "prier" 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
Confusion rank #128,320 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.