preciso

/pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/

//pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu// adj

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The verdict

“preciso” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #252. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#252
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - necessário, importante:

Corpus desk

Index PT-preciso · preciso · Portuguese

preciso · rank #252 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #252
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pois

Nearest frequency peer: pois (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “preciso”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “preciso” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

preciso vs preço
57% similar
preciso vs preso
71% similar
preciso vs prémio
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for preciso
PropertyValue
Headwordpreciso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#252
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “preciso”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).precisocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pois” (#251), “vão” (#253), “água” (#254). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “preciso” fica em #252. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around preciso (IPA /pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #252 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    necessário, importante:
  2. 2
    que tem precisão; exato, rigoroso:
  3. 3
    que usa de parcimônia e/ou concisão ao falar; lacônico:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how preciso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Navegadores antigos tinham uma frase gloriosa: / "Navegar é preciso; viver não é preciso"
  2. É preciso amar as pessoas como se não houvesse amanhã, porque se você parar pra pensar, na verdade não há.

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.

perciso2ppreciso1prceiso2precciso1precios2precisso1precsio2preicso2
Edit distance from "preciso"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "preciso"?
"preciso" is spelled P-R-E-C-I-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/.
What does "preciso" mean?
As an adjective, "preciso" means: necessário, importante:
What words are commonly confused with "preciso"?
"preciso" is commonly confused with "preço", "preso", "prémio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "preciso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "preciso" is /pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "preciso" come from?
"preciso" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "preciso", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

janeiro#259direito#262governo#238sistema#272

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

projeto10 variantsverdade10 variantsmomento10 variantsninguém10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list