Which to use
“prière” and “prise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,789
- “prière” frequency rank
- #758
- “prise” frequency rank
- 4547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prière | prise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paroles par lesquelles on s’adresse à Dieu, ou à des intercesseurs. | Faculté de prendre, de saisir. |
Where the eye mixes prière and prise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. prière runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against prise's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses prière with prise
A purely visual mix-up. prière (\pʁi.jɛʁ\) and prise (\pʁiz\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4547, 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\. 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 4547, this pair ranks #431,338 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prière vs prise
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "prière": è. Private to "prise": s.
"prière" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "prise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prise ← pirse · pprise · pries · prisse · prrise · prsie · rpise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prière" and "prise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prière" or "prise" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prière" 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 #431,338 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prière" and "prise" 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 #431,338 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.