Which to use
“price” and “prizes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #592
- “price” frequency rank
- #7,046
- “prizes” frequency rank
- 7638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | price | prizes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The cost required to gain possession of something. | plural of prize |
Where the eye mixes price and prizes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. price runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against prizes's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: price vs prizes
A purely visual mix-up. price (/pɹaɪs/) and prizes (/ˈpɹaɪzɪz/) 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 7638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
price is recorded at frequency rank #592, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪs/. prizes is at rank #7,046, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɹaɪzɪz/.
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 7638, this pair ranks #506,245 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of price vs prizes
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "price": c. Private to "prizes": sz.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prizes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "price" for "prizes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "price" vs "prizes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "price" and "prizes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "price" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prizes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #506,245 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "price" and "prizes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plies vs prizes". 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 #506,245 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.