Which to use
“précisée” and “précisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,200
- “précisée” frequency rank
- #38,991
- “précisés” frequency rank
- 66191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précisée | précisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de préciser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de préciser. |
Same sound, different letters: précisée vs précisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. précisée (CCVCVCVV) and précisés (CCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - précisée and précisés
This is the hard kind. précisée and précisés 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 a single letter - e in “précisée” becomes s in “précisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66191, 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\. précisés is at rank #38,991, 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 66191, this pair ranks #68,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of précisée vs précisés
Shared letters: ciprsé. Private to "précisée": e. Private to "précisés": -.
"précisée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "précisés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "précisée" and "précisés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "précisée" or "précisés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "précisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "précisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précisée" and "précisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précisés vs précitée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #68,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.