precisadovspremiadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#45,520
“precisado” frequency rank
#16,422
“premiado” frequency rank
61942
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature precisado premiado
Definition Participio de precisar. Participio de premiar.

Where the eye mixes precisado and premiado

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

9 ch
precisado
8 ch
premiado

Why the eye confuses precisado with premiado

A purely visual mix-up. precisado ([pɾesiˈsað̞o]) and premiado ([pɾeˈmjað̞o]) 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 61942, 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]. premiado is at rank #16,422, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾeˈmjað̞o].

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 61942, this pair ranks #53,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of precisado vs premiado

Shared letters: adeiopr. Private to "precisado": cs. Private to "premiado": m.

"precisado" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV  ·  "premiado" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • precisado ← percisado · pprecisado · prceisado · preccisado · preciasdo · precisaddo · precisaod · precisdao
  • premiado ← permiado · ppremiado · preimado · premaido · premiaddo · premiaod · premidao · premmiado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "precisado" and "premiado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾesiˈsað̞o] versus [pɾeˈmjað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "precisado" or "premiado" show up more?
"premiado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,422 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "precisado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "premiado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "precisado" and "premiado" 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 #53,749 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