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“précisés” and “précisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,991
“précisés” frequency rank
#40,937
“précisez” frequency rank
79928
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature précisés précisez
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de préciser. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de préciser.

Same sound, different letters: précisés vs précisez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. précisés and précisez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
précisés
8 ch
précisez

Same sound, different spelling - précisés / précisez

This is the hard kind. précisés and précisez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

précisés is recorded at frequency rank #38,991, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.si.ze\. précisez is at rank #40,937, 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 79928, this pair ranks #22,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of précisés vs précisez

Shared letters: ciprsé. Private to "précisés": -. Private to "précisez": ez.

"précisés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "précisez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "précisés" and "précisez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁe.si.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "précisés" or "précisez"?
"précisés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,991 in our French list, against #40,937 for "précisez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "précisés" / "précisez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "précisés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "précisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "précisés" and "précisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précisez vs précitée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #22,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list