Which to use
“price” and “prize” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,050
- “price” frequency rank
- #41,972
- “prize” frequency rank
- 52022
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | price | prize |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pricer. | Forcer. |
Where the eye mixes price and prize
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. price and prize follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses price with prize
A purely visual mix-up. price (\pʁajs\) and prize (\praɪz\) 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 a single letter - c in “price” becomes z in “prize”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
price is recorded at frequency rank #10,050, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁajs\. prize is at rank #41,972, tagged as averb, pronounced \praɪz\.
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 52022, this pair ranks #150,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of price vs prize
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "price": c. Private to "prize": z.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prize" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "price" for "prize" ever safe?
Frequency check: "price" vs "prize" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "prize" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "price" and "prize" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs prize". 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 #150,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.