Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "précisés" or "précisez"?
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.