praxevspriceWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“praxe” and “price” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,097
“praxe” frequency rank
#10,425
“price” frequency rank
35522
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature praxe price
Definition aquilo que habitualmente se faz; costume, prática, rotina preço

Where the eye mixes praxe and price

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
praxe
5 ch
price

Look-alike desk: praxe vs price

A purely visual mix-up. praxe (/ˈpɾa.ʃɨ/) and price (/pɹaɪs/) 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 35522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

praxe is recorded at frequency rank #25,097, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾa.ʃɨ/. price is at rank #10,425, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪs/.

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 35522, this pair ranks #31,530 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of praxe vs price

Shared letters: epr. Private to "praxe": ax. Private to "price": ci.

"praxe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • praxeparxe · ppraxe · praex · praxxe · prraxe · prxae · rpaxe
  • pricepirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prrice · rpice

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "praxe" for "price" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpɾa.ʃɨ/ versus /pɹaɪs/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "praxe" vs "price" - which ranks higher?
"price" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,425 in our Portuguese list, against #25,097 for "praxe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "praxe" 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 #31,530 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "praxe" and "price" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs praxe". 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 #31,530 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