prices
/ˈpɹaɪsɪz/
"prices" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prices” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,403
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of price
Corpus desk
Index EN-prices · prices · English
prices · rank #1,403 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,403
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Peter
Nearest frequency peer: Peter (-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 “prices”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- nation
nation
98,601 corpus weight
- otherwise
otherwise
98,600 corpus weight
- Peter
Peter
98,599 corpus weight
- prices
prices
98,598 corpus weight
- primary
primary
98,597 corpus weight
- purpose
purpose
98,596 corpus weight
What this shows “prices” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prices |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹaɪsɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “prices”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around prices (IPA /ˈpɹaɪsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,403 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of price".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prices, with forms such as "pirces", "pprices", and "prcies". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prime", "prize", "pride", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is prices, spelled P-R-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of price
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pirces
- pprices
- prcies
- pricces
- pricess
- pricse
- priecs
- prrices
- rpices
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prices - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prices", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).