Which to use
“prière” is a noun and “priori” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,789
- “prière” frequency rank
- #5,390
- “priori” frequency rank
- 9179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prière | priori |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paroles par lesquelles on s’adresse à Dieu, ou à des intercesseurs. | Datif singulier de prior. |
Letter map: prière vs priori
Shared letters muted; letters that set prière and priori apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. prière and priori follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - prière and priori
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prière is anoun and priorianadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9179, 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\. priori is at rank #5,390, tagged as anadj.
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 9179, this pair ranks #417,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prière vs priori
Shared letters: ipr. Private to "prière": eè. Private to "priori": o.
"prière" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "priori" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- priori ← pirori · ppriori · prioir · priorri · priroi · proiri · prriori · rpiori
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prière" for "priori" ever safe?
Frequency check: "prière" vs "priori" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "prière" and "priori".
- Full dictionary entry for "prière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "priori" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prière" and "priori" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs prière". 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 #417,543 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.