Which to use
“price” and “prince” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #592
- “price” frequency rank
- #1,960
- “prince” frequency rank
- 2552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | price | prince |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The cost required to gain possession of something. | A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. |
Where the eye mixes price and prince
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. price (/pɹaɪs/) and prince (/pɹɪns/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
price is recorded at frequency rank #592, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪs/. prince is at rank #1,960, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɹɪns/.
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 2552, this pair ranks #524,667 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of price vs prince
Shared letters: ceipr. Private to "price": -. Private to "prince": n.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prince" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV