price list

noun

"price-list" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“price list” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A list of items for sale with their prices.

Key facts for price list
PropertyValue
Headwordprice list
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “price list” sits in English frequency

price list falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

price list is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A list of items for sale with their prices.".

price list has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From price + list. Compare West Frisian priislist (“pricelist”), Dutch prijslijst (“pricelist”), German Preisliste (“pricelist”), Danish prisliste (“pricelist”), Swedish prislista (“pricelist”), Norwegian prisliste (“pricelist”). The correct English form is price list, spelled P-R-I-C-E- -L-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A list of items for sale with their prices.

Etymology

From price + list. Compare West Frisian priislist (“pricelist”), Dutch prijslijst (“pricelist”), German Preisliste (“pricelist”), Danish prisliste (“pricelist”), Swedish prislista (“pricelist”), Norwegian prisliste (“pricelist”).

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "price list"?
"price list" is spelled P-R-I-C-E- -L-I-S-T.
What does "price list" mean?
As a noun, "price list" means: A list of items for sale with their prices.
What is the origin of the word "price list"?
From price + list. Compare West Frisian priislist (“pricelist”), Dutch prijslijst (“pricelist”), German Preisliste (“pricelist”), Danish prisliste (“pricelist”), Swedish prislista (“pricelist”), Norwegian prisliste (“pricelist”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “price list”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-R-I-C-E- -L-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list