pricesvsprideConfusable pair

Which to use

“prices” and “pride” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,403
“prices” frequency rank
#3,078
“pride” frequency rank
4481
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prices pride
Definition plural of price The quality or state of being proud.

Where the eye mixes prices and pride

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
prices
5 ch
pride

Look-alike desk: prices vs pride

A purely visual mix-up. prices (/ˈpɹaɪsɪz/) and pride (/pɹaɪd/) 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 4481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prices is recorded at frequency rank #1,403, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɹaɪsɪz/. pride is at rank #3,078, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪd/.

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 4481, this pair ranks #518,786 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of prices vs pride

Shared letters: eipr. Private to "prices": cs. Private to "pride": d.

"prices" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "pride" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pricespirces · pprices · prcies · pricces · pricess · pricse · priecs · prrices
  • pridepirde · ppride · prdie · pridde · pried · prride · rpide

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "prices" and "pride" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpɹaɪsɪz/ versus /pɹaɪd/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "prices" or "pride"?
"prices" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,403 in our English list, against #3,078 for "pride". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prices" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pride" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #518,786 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prices" and "pride" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pride vs pyrite". 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 #518,786 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list