precoce
\pre.ˈkɔ.t͡ʃe\
The verdict
“precoce” 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) - Précoce, qui est mûr avant la saison, en parlant de certains fruits, de certains légumes qui viennent avant les autres de la même espèce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-precoce · precoce · French
precoce · 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.
| 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
precoce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pre.ˈkɔ.t͡ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.