Which to use
“price” is a noun and “prize” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,425
- “price” frequency rank
- #22,762
- “prize” frequency rank
- 33187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | price | prize |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | preço | que foi dado em premiação |
Letter map: price vs prize
Shared letters muted; letters that set price and prize apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. price and prize follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - price and prize
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: price is anoun and prizeanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “price” becomes z in “prize”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33187, 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/. 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 33187, this pair ranks #34,394 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of price vs prize
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "price": c. Private to "prize": z.
"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prize" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "price" for "prize" ever safe?
Frequency check: "price" vs "prize" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "price" vs "prize" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "price" 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 #34,394 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "price" 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 #34,394 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.