priséevsprisésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: prisée is a noun, prisés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#28,698
“prisée” frequency rank
#37,979
“prisés” frequency rank
66677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prisée prisés
Definition Estimation faite d’une chose qui doit être vendue ou inventoriée. Masculin pluriel de prisé.

Same sound, different letters: prisée vs prisés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

6 ch
prisée
6 ch
prisés

Homophone desk: prisée vs prisés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prisée and prisés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁi.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “prisée” becomes s in “prisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prisée is recorded at frequency rank #28,698, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.ze\. prisés is at rank #37,979, tagged as anadj, 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 66677, this pair ranks #66,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of prisée vs prisés

Shared letters: iprsé. Private to "prisée": e. Private to "prisés": -.

"prisée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV  ·  "prisés" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "prisée" and "prisés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "prisée" is a noun and "prisés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "prisée" vs "prisés" - which ranks higher?
"prisée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,698 in our French list, against #37,979 for "prisés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prisée" and "prisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs prisés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #66,765 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