Which to use
“price” and “prices” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #592
- “price” frequency rank
- #1,403
- “prices” frequency rank
- 1995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | price | prices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The cost required to gain possession of something. | plural of price |
Where the eye mixes price and prices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. price (/pɹaɪs/) and prices (/ˈpɹaɪsɪz/) 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) - “price” sits inside “prices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
price is recorded at frequency rank #592, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪs/. prices is at rank #1,403, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɹaɪsɪz/.
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 1995, this pair ranks #526,100 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of price vs prices
Shared letters: ceipr. Private to "price": -. Private to "prices": s.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prices" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC