prisvsprodWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: pris is a adjective, prod is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pris” is an adjective and “prod” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#302
“pris” frequency rank
#15,004
“prod” frequency rank
15306
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pris prod
Definition Occupé, pas disponible. Production.

Where the eye mixes pris and prod

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
pris
4 ch
prod

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pris is \pʁi\ while prod is \pʁɔd\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pris is recorded at frequency rank #302, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁi\. prod is at rank #15,004, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔd\.

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 15306, this pair ranks #392,929 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pris vs prod

Shared letters: pr. Private to "pris": is. Private to "prod": do.

"pris" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "prod" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prispirs · ppris · priss · prris · prsi · rpis
  • prodpord · pprod · prdo · prodd · prrod · rpod

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pris" and "prod" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pris" is an adjective and "prod" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "pris" or "prod"?
"pris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #302 in our French list, against #15,004 for "prod". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "pris" and "prod". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pris" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prod" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #392,929 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pris" and "prod" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs prod". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list