pricevsprüfeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: price is a noun, prüfe is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#14,654
“price” frequency rank
#23,670
“prüfe” frequency rank
38324
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature price prüfe
Definition Preis 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prüfen

Where the spellings diverge

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

5 ch
price
5 ch
prüfe

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: price is anoun and prüfeaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

price is recorded at frequency rank #14,654, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. prüfe is at rank #23,670, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpʁyːfə].

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 38324, this pair ranks #1,566,943 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of price vs prüfe

Shared letters: epr. Private to "price": ci. Private to "prüfe": .

"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "prüfe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pricepirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prrice · rpice

Frequency comparison

price#14,654
prüfe#23,670

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "price" and "prüfe" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "price" is a noun and "prüfe" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "price" or "prüfe"?
"price" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,654 in our German list, against #23,670 for "prüfe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering price vs prüfe

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “price”; for a verb, it's “prüfe”.
  • 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