Which to use
“prejudice” and “prejudices” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,797
- “prejudice” frequency rank
- #21,900
- “prejudices” frequency rank
- 31697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prejudice | prejudices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts. | plural of prejudice |
Where the eye mixes prejudice and prejudices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. prejudice (/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/) and prejudices (/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪsɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prejudice” sits inside “prejudices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prejudice is recorded at frequency rank #9,797, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/. prejudices is at rank #21,900, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪsɪz/.
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 31697, this pair ranks #344,004 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prejudice vs prejudices
Shared letters: cdeijpru. Private to "prejudice": -. Private to "prejudices": s.
"prejudice" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "prejudices" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prejudice ← perjudice · pprejudice · prejduice · prejjudice · prejudcie · prejuddice · prejudicce · prejudiec
- prejudices ← perjudices · pprejudices · prejduices · prejjudices · prejudcies · prejuddices · prejudicces · prejudicess