Which to use
“price” and “prince” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,425
- “price” frequency rank
- #14,441
- “prince” frequency rank
- 24866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | price | prince |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | preço | príncipe |
Where the eye mixes price and prince
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. price runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against prince's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between price and prince
A purely visual mix-up. price (/pɹaɪs/) and prince (/pʁɛ̃s/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
price is recorded at frequency rank #10,425, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪs/. prince is at rank #14,441, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pʁɛ̃s/.
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 24866, this pair ranks #44,603 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of price vs prince
Shared letters: ceipr. Private to "price": -. Private to "prince": n.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prince" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "price" for "prince" ever safe?
Which is more common, "price" or "prince"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "price" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prince" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,603 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "price" and "prince" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "praise vs price". 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 #44,603 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.