peixevsprizeTell them apart

Quick tell: peixe is a noun, prize is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“peixe” is a noun and “prize” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,341
“peixe” frequency rank
#22,762
“prize” frequency rank
25103
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature peixe prize
Definition animal aquático pecilotérmico, dotado de corpo fusiforme, nadadeiras e guelras que foi dado em premiação

Letter map: peixe vs prize

Shared letters muted; letters that set peixe and prize apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. peixe (CVVCV) and prize (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
peixe
5 ch
prize

Role in the sentence - peixe and prize

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: peixe is anoun and prizeanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

peixe is recorded at frequency rank #2,341, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpej.ʃi/ plural: /ˈpej.ʃis/ ou /ˈpej.ʃiʃ/. prize is at rank #22,762, tagged as anadj.

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 25103, this pair ranks #44,287 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of peixe vs prize

Shared letters: eip. Private to "peixe": x. Private to "prize": rz.

"peixe" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "prize" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • peixe ← epixe · peiex · peixxe · pexie · piexe · ppeixe
  • prize ← pirze · pprize · priez · prizze · prrize · przie · rpize

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "peixe" for "prize" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "peixe" is a noun and "prize" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "peixe" or "prize"?
"peixe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,341 in our Portuguese list, against #22,762 for "prize". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "peixe" and "prize". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "peixe" 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 #44,287 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "peixe" and "prize" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "praise 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 #44,287 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list