prisvsprogTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#302
“pris” frequency rank
#30,751
“prog” frequency rank
31053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pris prog
Definition Occupé, pas disponible. Programmation.

Where the eye mixes pris and prog

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

4 ch
pris
4 ch
prog

Look-alike desk: pris vs prog

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pris is \pʁi\ while prog is \pʁɔɡ\. 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 31053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pris is recorded at frequency rank #302, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁi\. prog is at rank #30,751, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔɡ\.

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 31053, this pair ranks #306,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pris vs prog

Shared letters: pr. Private to "pris": is. Private to "prog": go.

"pris" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "prog" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prispirs · ppris · priss · prris · prsi · rpis
  • progporg · pprog · prgo · progg · prrog · rpog

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pris" and "prog" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pris" is an adjective and "prog" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "pris" vs "prog" - which ranks higher?
"pris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #302 in our French list, against #30,751 for "prog". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pris" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prog" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #306,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pris" and "prog" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs prog". 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 #306,302 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list