Which to use
“prince” is a noun and “prize” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,441
- “prince” frequency rank
- #22,762
- “prize” frequency rank
- 37203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prince | prize |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | príncipe | que foi dado em premiação |
Letter map: prince vs prize
Shared letters muted; letters that set prince and prize apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. prince runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against prize's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for prince / prize
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prince is anoun and prizeanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prince is recorded at frequency rank #14,441, classified as anoun, pronounced /pʁɛ̃s/. 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 37203, this pair ranks #29,464 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prince vs prize
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "prince": cn. Private to "prize": z.
"prince" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "prize" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prince" for "prize" ever safe?
Which is more common, "prince" or "prize"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "prince" and "prize".
- Full dictionary entry for "prince" 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 #29,464 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prince" 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 #29,464 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.