# prince vs prone

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### prince
*noun · IPA /pɹɪns/ · frequency rank #1,960*
A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.

### prone
*adjective · IPA /pɹəʊn/ · frequency rank #7,961*
Lying face-down.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prince-vs-prone