precoce

Name: precoce, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/pɾeˈkɔsj/

//pɾeˈkɔsj// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“precoce” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,422
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,578
“P” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se tornou maduro antes da época ou período de tempo esperado

Corpus desk

Index PT-precoce · precoce · Portuguese

precoce · rank #10,422 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,422
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 1,578
PHOTO-FINISH preguiça

Nearest frequency peer: preguiça (+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.

pleito

89,584
precoce

89,579
preguiça

89,578
price

89,576
propina

89,575
qualificado

89,573

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

precoce vs preço

57% similar

precoce vs precede

71% similar

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

Key facts for precoce
Property	Value
Headword	precoce
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/pɾeˈkɔsj/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#10,422
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “precoce”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.precocecai aqui:

#10,422

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “preguiça” (#10,423), “price” (#10,425), “propina” (#10,426). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “precoce” fica em #10,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around precoce (IPA /pɾeˈkɔsj/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,422 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 precoce, with forms such as "percoce", "pprecoce", and "prceoce". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "preço", "precede", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is precoce, spelled P-R-E-C-O-C-E.

Definition

1
que se tornou maduro antes da época ou período de tempo esperado
2
que se desenvolve de forma prematura
3
que está adiantado em seu desenvolvimento, sobretudo psicológico

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

alvoradas veranis precoces, ocasos invernais precoces
opinião precoce

Antonyms

tardio

This word in other languages

premature(English)précoce(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

percoce
pprecoce
prceoce
preccoce
preccoe
precocce
precoec
preocce
prrecoce
rpecoce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of precoce - 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.

Edit distance from "precoce"

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 "precoce"?

"precoce" is spelled P-R-E-C-O-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾeˈkɔsj/.

What does "precoce" mean?

As an adjective, "precoce" means: que se tornou maduro antes da época ou período de tempo esperado

What words are commonly confused with "precoce"?

"precoce" is commonly confused with "preço", "precede". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "precoce"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "precoce" is /pɾeˈkɔsj/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "precoce" come from?

"precoce" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

propina#10,426 petista#10,414 merecer#10,398 maldito#10,392

Similar misspelling depth

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

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