prisésvspriseurWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,979
“prisés” frequency rank
#46,369
“priseur” frequency rank
84348
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prisés priseur
Definition Masculin pluriel de prisé. Celui qui a l’habitude de priser du tabac.

Where the eye mixes prisés and priseur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. prisés runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against priseur's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
prisés
7 ch
priseur

Visual trap between prisés and priseur

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prisés is \pʁi.ze\ while priseur is \pʁi.zœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prisés is recorded at frequency rank #37,979, classified as anadj, 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 84348, this pair ranks #13,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of prisés vs priseur

Shared letters: iprs. Private to "prisés": é. Private to "priseur": eu.

"prisés" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "priseur" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "prisés" and "priseur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "prisés" is an adjective and "priseur" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "prisés" vs "priseur" - which ranks higher?
"prisés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,979 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

Eye-level mix-up between "prisés" and "priseur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prisés" 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 #13,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prisés" and "priseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "primeurs vs priseur". 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 #13,162 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