prazovsprizeConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#1,796
“prazo” frequency rank
#22,762
“prize” frequency rank
24558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prazo prize
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Letter map: prazo vs prize

Shared letters muted; letters that set prazo and prize apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
prazo
5 ch
prize

Part-of-speech tell for prazo / prize

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prazo 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 24558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prazo is recorded at frequency rank #1,796, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾa.zu/. 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 24558, this pair ranks #45,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prazo vs prize

Shared letters: prz. Private to "prazo": ao. Private to "prize": ei.

"prazo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "prize" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prazoparzo · pprazo · praoz · prazzo · prrazo · przao · rpazo
  • prizepirze · pprize · priez · prizze · prrize · przie · rpize

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "prazo" for "prize" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "prazo" is a noun and "prize" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "prazo" or "prize"?
"prazo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,796 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 "prazo" and "prize".

  • Full dictionary entry for "prazo" 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 #45,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prazo" 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 #45,027 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