pricevspriusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: price is a noun, prius is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“price” is a noun and “prius” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,654
“price” frequency rank
#44,857
“prius” frequency rank
59511
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature price prius
Definition Preis eher, vorher, früher, zuvor

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set price and prius apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
price
5 ch
prius

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: price is anoun and priusanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

price is recorded at frequency rank #14,654, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. prius is at rank #44,857, tagged as anadv.

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 59511, this pair ranks #821,841 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of price vs prius

Shared letters: ipr. Private to "price": ce. Private to "prius": su.

"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "prius" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pricepirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prrice · rpice
  • priuspirus · pprius · prisu · priuss · prrius · pruis · rpius

Frequency comparison

price#14,654
prius#44,857

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "price" and "prius" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "price" is a noun and "prius" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "price" or "prius"?
"price" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,654 in our German list, against #44,857 for "prius". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering price vs prius

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “price”; for an adverb, it's “prius”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “price” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list