prixvsprodConfusable pair

Which to use

“prix” and “prod” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#215
“prix” frequency rank
#15,004
“prod” frequency rank
15219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prix prod
Definition Estimation d’une chose, ce qu’elle se vend, ce qu’on l’achète, ce qu’on la paie. Production.

Where the eye mixes prix and prod

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
prix
4 ch
prod

Look-alike desk: prix vs prod

A purely visual mix-up. prix (\pʁi\) and prod (\pʁɔd\) 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 15219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prix is recorded at frequency rank #215, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁi\. prod is at rank #15,004, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔd\.

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 15219, this pair ranks #393,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of prix vs prod

Shared letters: pr. Private to "prix": ix. Private to "prod": do.

"prix" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "prod" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prixpirx · pprix · prixx · prrix · prxi · rpix
  • prodpord · pprod · prdo · prodd · prrod · rpod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "prix" and "prod" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\pʁi\ versus \pʁɔd\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "prix" or "prod" show up more?
"prix" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #215 in our French list, against #15,004 for "prod". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "prix" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prod" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #393,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prix" and "prod" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs prod". 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 #393,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list