peacevspriceConfusable pair

Which to use

“peace” and “price” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,451
“peace” frequency rank
#14,922
“price” frequency rank
35373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature peace price
Definition Paz. Precio.

Where the eye mixes peace and price

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
peace
5 ch
price

Visual trap between peace and price

A purely visual mix-up. peace (/piːs/) and price (/pɹaɪs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

peace is recorded at frequency rank #20,451, classified as anoun, pronounced /piːs/. price is at rank #14,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪs/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 35373, this pair ranks #186,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of peace vs price

Shared letters: cep. Private to "peace": a. Private to "price": ir.

"peace" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • peaceepace · paece · peacce · peaec · pease · pecae · ppeace
  • pricepirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prise · prrice · rpice

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "peace" and "price" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/piːs/ versus /pɹaɪs/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "peace" vs "price" - which ranks higher?
"price" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,922 in our Spanish list, against #20,451 for "peace". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "peace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "price" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "peace" and "price" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peace vs pence". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #186,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list