pricevsproleWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#14,922
“price” frequency rank
#33,789
“prole” frequency rank
48711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature price prole
Definition Precio. Descendencia, linaje o hijos de una persona.

Where the eye mixes price and prole

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. price and prole follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
price
5 ch
prole

Look-alike desk: price vs prole

A purely visual mix-up. price (/pɹaɪs/) and prole ([ˈpɾole]) 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 48711, 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/. prole is at rank #33,789, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɾole].

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 48711, this pair ranks #112,950 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of price vs prole

Shared letters: epr. Private to "price": ci. Private to "prole": lo.

"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "prole" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pricepirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prise · prrice · rpice
  • proleporle · pprole · prloe · proel · prolle · prrole · rpole

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "price" for "prole" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/pɹaɪs/ versus [ˈpɾole]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "price" vs "prole" - which ranks higher?
"price" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,922 in our Spanish list, against #33,789 for "prole". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "price" and "prole" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "price" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #112,950 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "price" and "prole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "probo vs prole". 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 #112,950 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