Which to use
“prise” and “prisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #758
- “prise” frequency rank
- #43,611
- “prisées” frequency rank
- 44369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prise | prisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faculté de prendre, de saisir. | Pluriel de prisée. |
Where the eye mixes prise and prisées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. prise runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against prisées's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between prise and prisées
A purely visual mix-up. prise (\pʁiz\) 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prise is recorded at frequency rank #758, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁiz\. 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 44369, this pair ranks #210,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prise vs prisées
Shared letters: eiprs. Private to "prise": -. Private to "prisées": é.
"prise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prisées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prise ← pirse · pprise · pries · prisse · prrise · prsie · rpise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prise" for "prisées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "prise" or "prisées"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "prise" and "prisées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prise" 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 #210,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prise" 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 #210,940 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.