Which to use
“priced” and “proceed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,485
- “priced” frequency rank
- #5,349
- “proceed” frequency rank
- 12834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | priced | proceed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of price | To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on. |
Where the eye mixes priced and proceed
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between priced and proceed
A purely visual mix-up. priced (/pɹaɪst/) and proceed (/pɹəˈsiːd/) 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 12834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
priced is recorded at frequency rank #7,485, classified as averb, pronounced /pɹaɪst/. proceed is at rank #5,349, tagged as averb, pronounced /pɹəˈsiːd/.
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 12834, this pair ranks #479,295 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of priced vs proceed
Shared letters: cdepr. Private to "priced": i. Private to "proceed": o.
"priced" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "proceed" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "priced" for "proceed" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "priced" or "proceed" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "priced" and "proceed" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "priced" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proceed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #479,295 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "priced" and "proceed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plied vs priced". 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 #479,295 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.