princevsPriseWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“prince” and “Prise” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,149
“prince” frequency rank
#20,376
“Prise” frequency rank
32525
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prince Prise
Definition Prinz Menge eines feinkörnigen Materials, die ein Mensch zwischen zwei (drei) Fingern aufnehmen kann

Letter map: prince vs Prise

Shared letters muted; letters that set prince and Prise apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
prince
5 ch
Prise

Spelling & dictionary notes on prince vs Prise

prince and Prise are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prince is recorded at frequency rank #12,149, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Prise is at rank #20,376, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpʁiːzə].

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 32525, this pair ranks #1,705,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of prince vs Prise

Shared letters: eipr. Private to "prince": cn. Private to "Prise": s.

"prince" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Prise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • princepirnce · pprince · pricne · princce · prinec · prinnce · prnice · prrince
  • Prisepirse · pprise · prisse · prrise · prsie · rpise

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "prince" and "Prise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "prince" or "Prise"?
"prince" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,149 in our German list, against #20,376 for "Prise". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "prince" vs "Prise" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prince" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Prise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,705,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prince" and "Prise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Prise vs pros". 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 #1,705,738 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list