Which to use
“précisée” and “précisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,200
- “précisée” frequency rank
- #33,847
- “précisées” frequency rank
- 61047
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précisée | précisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de préciser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de préciser. |
Same sound, different letters: précisée vs précisées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. précisée runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against précisées's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: précisée vs précisées
This is the hard kind. précisée and précisées are pronounced identically (\pʁe.si.ze\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “précisée” sits inside “précisées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
précisée is recorded at frequency rank #27,200, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.si.ze\. précisées is at rank #33,847, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.si.ze\.
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 61047, this pair ranks #94,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of précisée vs précisées
Shared letters: ceiprsé. Private to "précisée": -. Private to "précisées": -.
"précisée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "précisées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "précisée" and "précisées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "précisée" or "précisées" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "précisée" / "précisées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "précisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "précisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précisée" and "précisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précédées vs précisées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #94,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.