Which to use
“place” is a noun and “price” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #178
- “place” frequency rank
- #10,050
- “price” frequency rank
- 10228
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | place | price |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu, endroit, espace qu’occupe ou que peut occuper une personne, une chose. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pricer. |
Where the eye mixes place and price
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: place is \plas\ while price is \pʁajs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
place is recorded at frequency rank #178, classified as anoun, pronounced \plas\. 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 10228, this pair ranks #413,756 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of place vs price
Shared letters: cep. Private to "place": al. Private to "price": ir.
"place" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV