Which to use
“princes” and “prisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,425
- “princes” frequency rank
- #43,611
- “prisées” frequency rank
- 50036
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | princes | prisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de prince. | Pluriel de prisée. |
Where the eye mixes princes and prisées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. princes (CCVCCVC) and prisées (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: princes vs prisées
A purely visual mix-up. princes (\pʁɛ̃s\) and prisées (\pʁi.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
princes is recorded at frequency rank #6,425, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ̃s\. prisées is at rank #43,611, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.ze\.
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 50036, this pair ranks #165,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of princes vs prisées
Shared letters: eiprs. Private to "princes": cn. Private to "prisées": é.
"princes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "prisées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- princes ← pirnces · pprinces · pricnes · princces · princse · prinecs · prinnces · prnices
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "princes" and "prisées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "princes" or "prisées" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "princes" and "prisées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "princes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "princes" and "prisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs prisées". 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 #165,788 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.