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 |
Letter map: price vs prüfe
Shared letters muted; letters that set price and prüfe apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. price and prüfe follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - price and prüfe
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": fü.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prüfe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- price ← pirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prrice · rpice
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "price" and "prüfe" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "price" or "prüfe" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "price" and "prüfe". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "price" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prüfe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,566,943 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "price" and "prüfe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Paule vs prüfe". 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 #1,566,943 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.