Which to use
“prisées” and “prisons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,611
- “prisées” frequency rank
- #7,355
- “prisons” frequency rank
- 50966
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prisées | prisons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de prisée. | Pluriel de prison. |
Where the eye mixes prisées and prisons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. prisées (CCVCVVC) and prisons (CCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses prisées with prisons
A purely visual mix-up. prisées (\pʁi.ze\) and prisons (\pʁi.zɔ̃\) 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 50966, 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\. prisons is at rank #7,355, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.zɔ̃\.
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 50966, this pair ranks #158,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prisées vs prisons
Shared letters: iprs. Private to "prisées": eé. Private to "prisons": no.
"prisées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "prisons" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prisons ← pirsons · pprisons · priosns · prisnos · prisonns · prisonss · prisosn · prissons
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prisées" and "prisons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prisées" or "prisons" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "prisées" and "prisons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prisées" and "prisons" 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 #158,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.