Which to use
“priée” is a verb and “prise” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,295
- “priée” frequency rank
- #758
- “prise” frequency rank
- 50053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | priée | prise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de prier. | Faculté de prendre, de saisir. |
Where the eye mixes priée and prise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between priée and prise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: priée is \pʁi.je\ while prise is \pʁiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - é in “priée” becomes s in “prise”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50053, 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\. prise is at rank #758, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁiz\.
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 50053, this pair ranks #165,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of priée vs prise
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "priée": é. Private to "prise": s.
"priée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "prise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prise ← pirse · pprise · pries · prisse · prrise · prsie · rpise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "priée" for "prise" ever safe?
Which is more common, "priée" or "prise"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "priée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "priée" and "prise" 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 #165,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.