Which to use
“precisão” is a noun and “precisar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,230
- “precisão” frequency rank
- #1,941
- “precisar” frequency rank
- 8171
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | precisão | precisar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de precisar, ter necessidade ou carência de algo: | ter precisão, necessidade: |
Letter map: precisão vs precisar
Shared letters muted; letters that set precisão and precisar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. precisão (CCVCVCVV) and precisar (CCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: precisão vs precisar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: precisão is anoun and precisaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
precisão is recorded at frequency rank #6,230, classified as anoun. precisar is at rank #1,941, tagged as averb, pronounced /pɾɨ.si.ˈzaɾ/.
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 8171, this pair ranks #65,703 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of precisão vs precisar
Shared letters: ceiprs. Private to "precisão": oã. Private to "precisar": a.
"precisão" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "precisar" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- precisar ← percisar · pprecisar · prceisar · preccisar · preciasr · precisarr · precisra · precissar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "precisão" for "precisar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "precisão" or "precisar"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "precisão" and "precisar".
- Full dictionary entry for "precisão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "precisar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,703 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "precisão" and "precisar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "precisão vs predição". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #65,703 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.