Which to use
“pick” and “price” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,833
- “pick” frequency rank
- #10,050
- “price” frequency rank
- 22883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pick | price |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de picken. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pricer. |
Where the eye mixes pick and price
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pick runs 4 letters (CVCC) against price's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pick and price
A purely visual mix-up. pick (\pɪk\) and price (\pʁajs\) 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 22883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pick is recorded at frequency rank #12,833, classified as averb, pronounced \pɪk\. price is at rank #10,050, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁajs\.
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 22883, this pair ranks #355,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pick vs price
Shared letters: cip. Private to "pick": k. Private to "price": er.
"pick" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pick" and "price" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pick" or "price"?
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 "pick" 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 #355,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pick" and "price" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pick vs pio". 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 #355,599 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.