Which to use
“précisées” is a verb and “précitée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,847
- “précisées” frequency rank
- #44,649
- “précitée” frequency rank
- 78496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précisées | précitée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de préciser. | Féminin singulier de précité. |
Where the eye mixes précisées and précitée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. précisées runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against précitée's 8 (CCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between précisées and précitée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: précisées is \pʁe.si.ze\ while précitée is \pʁe.si.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78496, 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\. précitée is at rank #44,649, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.si.te\.
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 78496, this pair ranks #25,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of précisées vs précitée
Shared letters: ceipré. Private to "précisées": s. Private to "précitée": t.
"précisées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "précitée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "précisées" for "précitée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "précisées" or "précitée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "précisées" and "précitée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "précisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "précitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précisées" and "précitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précité vs précitée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,582 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.