präzise

/[pʁɛˈt͡siːzə]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,438

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

präzise is anGermanadj. It means: ganz genau Pronounced [pʁɛˈt͡siːzə]. It ranks #9,438 in German word frequency. Often confused with Prise and Preise.

Key facts for präzise
PropertyValue
Headwordpräzise
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pʁɛˈt͡siːzə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,438
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of präzise in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for präzise is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁɛˈt͡siːzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,438 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ganz genau".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for präzise, with forms such as "ppräzise", "prräzise", and "przäise". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Prise", "Preise", "präziser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is präzise, spelled P-R-Ä-Z-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ganz genau

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ppräzise,prräzise,przäise,präizse,präzies,präzisse,präzsie,präzzise,pärzise,rpäzise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for präzise

Misspelling Variants of "präzise"

ppräzise8prräzise8przäise7präizse7präzies7präzisse8präzsie7präzzise8
Misspelling Variants of "präzise"

Frequency rank: #9,438 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "präzise"?
"präzise" is spelled P-R-Ä-Z-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁɛˈt͡siːzə].
What does "präzise" mean?
As an adj, "präzise" means: ganz genau
What words are commonly confused with "präzise"?
"präzise" is commonly confused with "Prise", "Preise", "präziser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "präzise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "präzise" is [pʁɛˈt͡siːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "präzise" come from?
"präzise" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.