price tag

noun

"price-tag" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price.

Key facts for price tag
PropertyValue
Headwordprice tag
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “price tag” sits in English frequency

price tag 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 tag is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for price tag in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is price tag, spelled P-R-I-C-E- -T-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price.
  2. 2
    The price at which something is offered for sale.
  3. 3
    The amount that something costs.

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 tag"?
"price tag" is spelled P-R-I-C-E- -T-A-G.
What does "price tag" mean?
As a noun, "price tag" means: The tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price.
What language does "price tag" come from?
"price tag" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “price tag”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is P-R-I-C-E- -T-A-G - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list