precisavspremiaTell them apart

Which to use

“precisa” and “premia” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,100
“precisa” frequency rank
#24,277
“premia” frequency rank
30377
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature precisa premia
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de precisar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de premiar.

Where the eye mixes precisa and premia

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. precisa runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against premia's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
precisa
6 ch
premia

Look-alike desk: precisa vs premia

A purely visual mix-up. precisa ([pɾeˈsisa]) and premia ([ˈpɾemja]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

precisa is recorded at frequency rank #6,100, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾeˈsisa]. premia is at rank #24,277, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpɾemja].

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 30377, this pair ranks #212,292 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of precisa vs premia

Shared letters: aeipr. Private to "precisa": cs. Private to "premia": m.

"precisa" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "premia" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • precisa ← percisa · pprecisa · prceisa · preccisa · precias · precissa · precsia · preicsa
  • premia ← permia · ppremia · preima · premai · premmia · prmeia · prremia · rpemia

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "precisa" and "premia" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾeˈsisa] versus [ˈpɾemja]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "precisa" vs "premia" - which ranks higher?
"precisa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,100 in our Spanish list, against #24,277 for "premia". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "precisa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "premia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #212,292 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "precisa" and "premia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "premia vs presea". 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 #212,292 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