# price

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹaɪs/ · frequency rank #592

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

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **proc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-proc)
- **prim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prim)
- **prior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prior)
- **prime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prime)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prove)
- **prize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prize)
- **print** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-print)
- **pride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-pride)
- **probe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-probe)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prone)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prose)
- **prick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prick)
- **privy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-privy)
- **prism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prism)
- **prima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prima)
- **Prius** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prius)
- **primo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-primo)
- **prune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prune)
- **Priya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-priya)
- **prude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prude)

## Common misspellings (7)
`pirce`, `pprice`, `prcie`, `pricce`, `priec`, `prrice`, `rpice`

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