präzise

\pʀɛˈtsiːzə\

/\pʀɛˈtsiːzə\/ adj

The verdict

“präzise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Précis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prazise · präzise · French

präzise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for präzise
PropertyValue
Headwordpräzise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʀɛˈtsiːzə\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « präzise » en français

präzisereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

präzise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʀɛˈtsiːzə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Précis.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for präzise, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is präzise, spelled P-R-Ä-Z-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Précis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how präzise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Als Li Rui 2019 mit 101 Jahren verstarb, hinterliess der frühere Privatsekretär von Mao Zedong der Nachwelt eine Vielzahl von Tagebüchern und Aufzeichnungen. Es sind präzise Beobachtungen und scharfzüngige Reflexionen eines Zeitzeugen, der Chinas mitunter turbulente Entwicklung von 1935 bis 2018 dokumentierte.

Synonyms

Antonyms

unpräzisunpräzise

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "präzise"?
"präzise" is spelled P-R-Ä-Z-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʀɛˈtsiːzə\.
What does "präzise" mean?
As an adjective, "präzise" means: Précis.
How do you pronounce "präzise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "präzise" is \pʀɛˈtsiːzə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "präzise" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list