Which to use
“priée” and “priés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,295
- “priée” frequency rank
- #27,197
- “priés” frequency rank
- 76492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | priée | priés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de prier. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de prier. |
Same sound, different letters: priée vs priés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. priée (CCVVV) and priés (CCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: priée vs priés
This is the hard kind. priée and priés 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 a single letter - e in “priée” becomes s in “priés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76492, 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\. priés is at rank #27,197, 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 76492, this pair ranks #30,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of priée vs priés
Shared letters: ipré. Private to "priée": e. Private to "priés": s.
"priée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "priés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "priée" and "priés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "priée" vs "priés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "priée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "priés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "priée" and "priés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs priée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #30,992 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.