prazervsprizeTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#1,472
“prazer” frequency rank
#22,762
“prize” frequency rank
24234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prazer prize
Definition expressa saudação e que está contente ou agindo como alguém em igual estado na apresentação ao conhecer que foi dado em premiação

Letter map: prazer vs prize

Shared letters muted; letters that set prazer and prize apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
prazer
5 ch
prize

Grammar separator: prazer vs prize

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prazer is anintj and prizeanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prazer is recorded at frequency rank #1,472, classified as anintj, pronounced /pɾɐ.ˈzeɾ/. 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 24234, this pair ranks #45,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prazer vs prize

Shared letters: eprz. Private to "prazer": a. Private to "prize": i.

"prazer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "prize" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prazerparzer · pprazer · praezr · prazerr · prazre · prazzer · prrazer · przaer
  • prizepirze · pprize · priez · prizze · prrize · przie · rpize

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "prazer" and "prize" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "prazer" is an intj and "prize" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "prazer" vs "prize" - which ranks higher?
"prazer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,472 in our Portuguese list, against #22,762 for "prize". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "prazer" and "prize".

  • Full dictionary entry for "prazer" 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 #45,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prazer" 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 #45,430 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