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Which to use

“prisées” and “priseur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,611
“prisées” frequency rank
#46,369
“priseur” frequency rank
89980
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prisées priseur
Definition Pluriel de prisée. Celui qui a l’habitude de priser du tabac.

Where the eye mixes prisées and priseur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. prisées and priseur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
prisées
7 ch
priseur

Visual trap between prisées and priseur

A purely visual mix-up. prisées (\pʁi.ze\) and priseur (\pʁi.zœʁ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prisées is recorded at frequency rank #43,611, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.ze\. priseur is at rank #46,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.zœʁ\.

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 89980, this pair ranks #5,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of prisées vs priseur

Shared letters: eiprs. Private to "prisées": é. Private to "priseur": u.

"prisées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "priseur" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • priseurpirseur · ppriseur · priesur · priseru · priseurr · prisseur · prisuer · prriseur

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "prisées" and "priseur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\pʁi.ze\ versus \pʁi.zœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "prisées" vs "priseur" - which ranks higher?
"prisées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,611 in our French list, against #46,369 for "priseur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "priseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prisées" and "priseur" 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 #5,243 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