prisvspromTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#302
“pris” frequency rank
#39,950
“prom” frequency rank
40252
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pris prom
Definition Occupé, pas disponible. Promenade.

Letter map: pris vs prom

Shared letters muted; letters that set pris and prom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
pris
4 ch
prom

Grammar separator: pris vs prom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pris is anadjective and promanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pris is recorded at frequency rank #302, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁi\. prom is at rank #39,950, tagged as anoun.

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 40252, this pair ranks #241,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pris vs prom

Shared letters: pr. Private to "pris": is. Private to "prom": mo.

"pris" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "prom" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prispirs · ppris · priss · prris · prsi · rpis
  • promporm · pprom · prmo · promm · prrom · rpom

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pris" and "prom" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pris" is an adjective and "prom" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "pris" or "prom" show up more?
"pris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #302 in our French list, against #39,950 for "prom". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "pris" vs "prom" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pris" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #241,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pris" and "prom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs prom". 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 #241,877 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