precisar
[pɾesiˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“precisar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,164 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #20,164
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obligar a alguno a la ejecución de alguna cosa.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | precisar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾesiˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “precisar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for precisar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾesiˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,164 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for precisar, with forms such as "percisar", "pprecisar", and "prceisar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "preciso", "premisa", "procesar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is precisar, spelled P-R-E-C-I-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Obligar a alguno a la ejecución de alguna cosa.
- 2Determinar alguna cosa con claridad y distinción.
- 3Necesitar, requerir.
- 4Decir, expresar.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: percisar,pprecisar,prceisar,preccisar,preciasr,precisarr,precisra,precissar,precsiar,preicsar,presisar,prrecisar,rpecisar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of precisar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “precisar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-E-C-I-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾesiˈsaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “preciso” - see the side-by-side comparison. precisar vs preciso
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.