Which to use
“priez” is a verb and “prise” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,794
- “priez” frequency rank
- #758
- “prise” frequency rank
- 18552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | priez | prise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prier. | Faculté de prendre, de saisir. |
Where the eye mixes priez and prise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: priez vs prise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: priez is \pʁi.je\ while prise is \pʁiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
priez is recorded at frequency rank #17,794, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁi.je\. 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 18552, this pair ranks #377,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of priez vs prise
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "priez": z. Private to "prise": s.
"priez" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "prise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "priez" and "prise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "priez" or "prise" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "priez" and "prise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "priez" 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 #377,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "priez" and "prise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs priez". 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 #377,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.