Which to use
“prier” and “priés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,009
- “prier” frequency rank
- #27,197
- “priés” frequency rank
- 33206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prier | priés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adorer la divinité en lui demandant une grâce, en la remerciant d’une grâce. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de prier. |
Same sound, different letters: prier vs priés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: prier vs priés
This is the hard kind. prier 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prier is recorded at frequency rank #6,009, 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 33206, this pair ranks #292,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prier vs priés
Shared letters: ipr. Private to "prier": e. Private to "priés": sé.
"prier" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "priés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prier ← pirer · pprier · preir · prierr · prire · prrier · rpier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prier" for "priés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "prier" or "priés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prier" / "priés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prier" 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 #292,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prier" and "priés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs priés". 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 #292,173 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.