preciosvsprecisosConfusable pair

Quick tell: precios is a noun, precisos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“precios” is a noun and “precisos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#918
“precios” frequency rank
#13,986
“precisos” frequency rank
14904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature precios precisos
Definition Forma del plural de precio. Forma del masculino plural de preciso.

Where the eye mixes precios and precisos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. precios runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against precisos's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
precios
8 ch
precisos

Look-alike desk: precios vs precisos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: precios is [ˈpɾesjos] while precisos is [pɾeˈsisos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

precios is recorded at frequency rank #918, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɾesjos]. precisos is at rank #13,986, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɾeˈsisos].

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 14904, this pair ranks #282,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of precios vs precisos

Shared letters: ceioprs. Private to "precios": -. Private to "precisos": -.

"precios" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "precisos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • precios ← percios · pprecios · prceios · preccios · precioss · precois · preicos · presios
  • precisos ← percisos · pprecisos · prceisos · preccisos · precisoss · precissos · precsios · preicsos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "precios" for "precisos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "precios" is a noun and "precisos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "precios" vs "precisos" - which ranks higher?
"precios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #918 in our Spanish list, against #13,986 for "precisos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "precios" and "precisos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "precios" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "precisos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #282,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "precios" and "precisos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "preciados vs precisos". 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 #282,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list