Spouse Application 3 years and PRC - confused

[SveeW]

I am an EU member state citizen and have been living in the UK for 3 years (1 year previously, but I don't meet the 5 year quota as the absence is too long). I am married to a British citizen.
The gov.uk website says I am eligible to apply for naturalisation if I have been resident here 3 years and I am a spouse of a British citizen, but it also says I need a Permanent Residence Card which requires me to have been here for 5 years.
Is there a 3 year route for the PRC that I haven't discovered if you are a spouse of a British citizen, or is the 3 year pathway effectively nonsense as I need 5 years to be eligible for PRC anyway?
Any assistance would be very helpful, this is confusing and stressing me out!!!

[CR001]

Is there a 3 year route for the PRC that I haven't discovered if you are a spouse of a British citizen, No there is not.

or is the 3 year pathway effectively nonsense as I need 5 years to be eligible for PRC anyway? No not nonsense, there is a 3 year citizenship route, but you still need PR which takes 5 years.