pricevsprócerConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,922
“price” frequency rank
#31,072
“prócer” frequency rank
45994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature price prócer
Definition Precio. Persona de alta distinción social, respetada o de dignidad elevada.

Where the eye mixes price and prócer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. price runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against prócer's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
price
6 ch
prócer

Why the eye confuses price with prócer

A purely visual mix-up. price (/pɹaɪs/) and prócer ([ˈpɾoseɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

price is recorded at frequency rank #14,922, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪs/. prócer is at rank #31,072, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɾoseɾ].

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 45994, this pair ranks #128,285 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of price vs prócer

Shared letters: cepr. Private to "price": i. Private to "prócer": ó.

"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "prócer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • price ← pirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prise · prrice · rpice

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "price" for "prócer" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/pɹaɪs/ versus [ˈpɾoseɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "price" or "prócer" show up more?
"price" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,922 in our Spanish list, against #31,072 for "prócer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "price" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prócer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #128,285 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "price" and "prócer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prócer vs process". 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 #128,285 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