prize

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The verdict

“prize” is uncommon German (frequency #61,839 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,839
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Preis

Corpus desk

Index DE-prize · prize · German

prize · rank #61,839 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,839
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Privathaus

Nearest frequency peer: Privathaus (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „prize“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prize“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prize
PropertyValue
Headwordprize
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,839
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „prize“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).prizefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Privathaus“ (#61,838), „Propagandisten“ (#61,840), „principe“ (#61,837). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „prize“ bei #61,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prize is uncommon German at frequency #61,839 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for prize in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is prize, spelled P-R-I-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Preis
  2. 2
    Prämie, Gewinn
  3. 3
    Beute
  4. 4
    Prise
  5. 5
    Wettbewerb

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prize"?
"prize" is spelled P-R-I-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "prize" mean?
As a noun, "prize" means: der Preis
How do you pronounce "prize"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prize" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prize" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prize", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list