Which to use
“priée” and “prize” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,295
- “priée” frequency rank
- #41,972
- “prize” frequency rank
- 91267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | priée | prize |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de prier. | Forcer. |
Where the eye mixes priée and prize
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. priée (CCVVV) and prize (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between priée and prize
A purely visual mix-up. priée (\pʁi.je\) and prize (\praɪz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - é in “priée” becomes z in “prize”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91267, 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\. prize is at rank #41,972, tagged as averb, pronounced \praɪz\.
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 91267, this pair ranks #4,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of priée vs prize
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "priée": é. Private to "prize": z.
"priée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "prize" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prize ← pirze · pprize · prizze · prrize · przie · rpize
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "priée" for "prize" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "priée" or "prize" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "priée" and "prize" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "priée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prize" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "priée" and "prize" 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 #4,016 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.