precoce
\pre.ˈkɔ.t͡ʃe\
The verdict
“precoce” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Précoce, qui est mûr avant la saison, en parlant de certains fruits, de certains légumes qui viennent avant les autres de la même espèce.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | precoce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pre.ˈkɔ.t͡ʃe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “precoce” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for precoce is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pre.ˈkɔ.t͡ʃe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for precoce in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 precoce, spelled P-R-E-C-O-C-E.
Definition
- 1Précoce, qui est mûr avant la saison, en parlant de certains fruits, de certains légumes qui viennent avant les autres de la même espèce.
- 2Précoce, qualifie un enfant dont l’esprit ou le corps est plus formé que son âge ne le comporte.
- 3Précoce, qualifie ce qui arrive plus tôt qu'habituellement.
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.
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Using “precoce”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-E-C-O-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pre.ˈkɔ.t͡ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.