# pricey

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɹaɪsi/ · frequency rank #18,660

## Definitions
1. Expensive, dear.

## Etymology
From price + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **prime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-prime)
- **prize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-prize)
- **pride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-pride)
- **prick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-prick)
- **privy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-privy)
- **prince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-prince)
- **prizes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-prizes)
- **primer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-primer)
- **prized** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-prized)
- **primed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-primed)
- **pricks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-pricks)
- **priory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-priory)
- **primes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-primes)
- **prides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-prides)
- **princes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-princes)
- **prickly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-prickly)
- **princely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricey-vs-princely)
- **prey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prey-vs-pricey)
- **price** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-pricey)
- **picky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picky-vs-pricey)

## Common misspellings (9)
`pircey`, `ppricey`, `prciey`, `priccey`, `priceyy`, `pricye`, `priecy`, `prricey`, `rpicey`

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