précisionsvsprévisionTell them apart

Which to use

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

#9,224
“précisions” frequency rank
#9,370
“prévision” frequency rank
18594
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature précisions prévision
Definition Pluriel de précision. Annonce d’un événement futur.

Where the eye mixes précisions and prévision

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. précisions runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVVCC) against prévision's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
précisions
9 ch
prévision

Look-alike desk: précisions vs prévision

A purely visual mix-up. précisions (\pʁe.si.zjɔ̃\) and prévision (\pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

précisions is recorded at frequency rank #9,224, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.si.zjɔ̃\. prévision is at rank #9,370, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\.

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 18594, this pair ranks #377,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of précisions vs prévision

Shared letters: inoprsé. Private to "précisions": c. Private to "prévision": v.

"précisions" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC  ·  "prévision" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "précisions" for "prévision" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\pʁe.si.zjɔ̃\ versus \pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "précisions" or "prévision"?
"précisions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,224 in our French list, against #9,370 for "prévision". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "précisions" and "prévision" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "précisions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prévision" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #377,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "précisions" and "prévision" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "precision vs prévision". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #377,508 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