Which to use
“précisées” and “précisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,847
- “précisées” frequency rank
- #38,991
- “précisés” frequency rank
- 72838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précisées | précisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de préciser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de préciser. |
Same sound, different letters: précisées vs précisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. précisées runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against précisés's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: précisées vs précisés
This is the hard kind. précisées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
précisées is recorded at frequency rank #33,847, 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 72838, this pair ranks #42,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of précisées vs précisés
Shared letters: ciprsé. Private to "précisées": e. Private to "précisés": -.
"précisées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "précisés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "précisées" and "précisés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "précisées" or "précisés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "précisées" / "précisés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "précisées" 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 #42,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précisées" and "précisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précisés vs précitée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #42,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.