Which to use
“prise” and “proie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #758
- “prise” frequency rank
- #6,874
- “proie” frequency rank
- 7632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prise | proie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faculté de prendre, de saisir. | Animal vivant qu’un animal carnassier ravit pour le manger. |
Where the eye mixes prise and proie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: prise vs proie
A purely visual mix-up. prise (\pʁiz\) and proie (\pʁwa\) 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 7632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prise is recorded at frequency rank #758, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁiz\. proie is at rank #6,874, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁwa\.
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 7632, this pair ranks #422,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prise vs proie
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "prise": s. Private to "proie": o.
"prise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "proie" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prise" and "proie" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "prise" vs "proie" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "prise" and "proie" 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 "proie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prise" and "proie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs proie". 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 #422,599 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.