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

#45,520
“precisado” frequency rank
#20,164
“precisar” frequency rank
65684
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature precisado precisar
Definition Participio de precisar. Obligar a alguno a la ejecución de alguna cosa.

Where the eye mixes precisado and precisar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. precisado runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against precisar's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
precisado
8 ch
precisar

Look-alike desk: precisado vs precisar

A purely visual mix-up. precisado ([pɾesiˈsað̞o]) and precisar ([pɾesiˈsaɾ]) 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 65684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

precisado is recorded at frequency rank #45,520, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾesiˈsað̞o]. precisar is at rank #20,164, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾesiˈsaɾ].

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 65684, this pair ranks #41,923 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of precisado vs precisar

Shared letters: aceiprs. Private to "precisado": do. Private to "precisar": -.

"precisado" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV  ·  "precisar" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • precisado ← percisado · pprecisado · prceisado · preccisado · preciasdo · precisaddo · precisaod · precisdao
  • precisar ← percisar · pprecisar · prceisar · preccisar · preciasr · precisarr · precisra · precissar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "precisado" for "precisar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pɾesiˈsað̞o] versus [pɾesiˈsaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "precisado" vs "precisar" - which ranks higher?
"precisar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,164 in our Spanish list, against #45,520 for "precisado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "precisado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "precisar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,923 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "precisado" and "precisar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "precisado vs prensado". 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 #41,923 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