Which to use
“priver” and “puiser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,060
- “priver” frequency rank
- #19,120
- “puiser” frequency rank
- 28180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | priver | puiser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ôter à quelqu’un ce qu’il a, ce qu’il possède, l’empêcher de jouir de quelque avantage qu’il avait ou pouvait avoir, le dépouiller de quelque chose qui lui appartient. | Prendre de l’eau dans un puits. |
Where the eye mixes priver and puiser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: priver vs puiser
A purely visual mix-up. priver (\pʁi.ve\) and puiser (\pɥi.ze\) 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 28180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
priver is recorded at frequency rank #9,060, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁi.ve\. puiser is at rank #19,120, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɥi.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 28180, this pair ranks #324,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of priver vs puiser
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "priver": v. Private to "puiser": su.
"priver" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "puiser" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "priver" and "puiser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "priver" vs "puiser" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "priver" and "puiser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "priver" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puiser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #324,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "priver" and "puiser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priseur vs puiser". 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 #324,424 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.