Which to use
“precisão” is a noun and “preciso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,230
- “precisão” frequency rank
- #252
- “preciso” frequency rank
- 6482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | precisão | preciso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de precisar, ter necessidade ou carência de algo: | necessário, importante: |
Letter map: precisão vs preciso
Shared letters muted; letters that set precisão and preciso apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. precisão runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against preciso's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: precisão vs preciso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: precisão is anoun and precisoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
precisão is recorded at frequency rank #6,230, classified as anoun. preciso is at rank #252, tagged as anadj, pronounced /pɾɨ.ˈsi.zu/.
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 6482, this pair ranks #67,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of precisão vs preciso
Shared letters: ceioprs. Private to "precisão": ã. Private to "preciso": -.
"precisão" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "preciso" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- preciso ← perciso · ppreciso · prceiso · precciso · precios · precisso · precsio · preicso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "precisão" and "preciso" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "precisão" or "preciso"?
What to do next
You've compared "precisão" and "preciso". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "precisão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "preciso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "precisão" and "preciso" 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 #67,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.