price

/pɹaɪs/

//pɹaɪs// noun

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"price" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“price” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#592
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The cost required to gain possession of something.

Corpus desk

Index EN-price · price · English

price · rank #592 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #592
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH points

Nearest frequency peer: points (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “price”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “price” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

price vs proc
60% similar
price vs prim
60% similar
price vs prior
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for price
PropertyValue
Headwordprice
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɹaɪs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#592
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “price”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).pricelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “points” (#591), “re” (#593), “played” (#590). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “price” is #592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around price (IPA /pɹaɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #592 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for price, with forms such as "pirce", "pprice", and "prcie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "proc", "prim", "prior", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc. The correct English form is price, spelled P-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The cost required to gain possession of something.
  2. 2
    The cost of an action or deed.
  3. 3
    Value; estimation; excellence; worth.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how price appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. We can afford no more at such a price.
  2. My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

Etymology

From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

This word in other languages

precio(Español)prix(Français)Preis(Deutsch)preço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirce
  • pprice
  • prcie
  • pricce
  • priec
  • prrice
  • rpice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of price - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pirce2pprice1prcie2pricce1priec2prrice1rpice2
Edit distance from "price"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "price"?
"price" is spelled P-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /pɹaɪs/.
What does "price" mean?
As a noun, "price" means: The cost required to gain possession of something.
What words are commonly confused with "price"?
"price" is commonly confused with "proc", "prim", "prior". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "price"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "price" is /pɹaɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "price"?
From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "price", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list