Which to use
“prière” and “prières” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,789
- “prière” frequency rank
- #7,356
- “prières” frequency rank
- 11145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prière | prières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paroles par lesquelles on s’adresse à Dieu, ou à des intercesseurs. | Pluriel de prière. |
Same sound, different letters: prière vs prières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prière runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against prières's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - prière / prières
This is the hard kind. prière and prières are pronounced identically (\pʁi.jɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prière” sits inside “prières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prière is recorded at frequency rank #3,789, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.jɛʁ\. prières is at rank #7,356, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.jɛʁ\.
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 11145, this pair ranks #410,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prière vs prières
Shared letters: eiprè. Private to "prière": -. Private to "prières": s.
"prière" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "prières" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prière" and "prières" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "prière" vs "prières" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prière" / "prières". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prière" and "prières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs prières". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #410,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.