preciso
/pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/
The verdict
“preciso” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #252 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #252
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - necessário, importante:
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preciso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “preciso” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for preciso is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/. Corpus data places it at rank #252 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for preciso, with forms such as "perciso", "ppreciso", and "prceiso". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "preço", "preso", "prémio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is preciso, spelled P-R-E-C-I-S-O.
Definition
- 1necessário, importante:
- 2que tem precisão; exato, rigoroso:
- 3que usa de parcimônia e/ou concisão ao falar; lacônico:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: perciso,ppreciso,prceiso,precciso,precios,precisso,precsio,preicso,prreciso,rpeciso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preciso - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “preciso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-C-I-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “preço” - see the side-by-side comparison. preciso vs preço
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.