Which to use
“precisão” and “prisão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,230
- “precisão” frequency rank
- #834
- “prisão” frequency rank
- 7064
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | precisão | prisão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de precisar, ter necessidade ou carência de algo: | ato ou efeito de prender |
Letter map: precisão vs prisão
Shared letters muted; letters that set precisão and prisão apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. precisão runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against prisão's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: precisão and prisão
precisão and prisão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
precisão is recorded at frequency rank #6,230, classified as anoun. prisão is at rank #834, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɾi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 7064, this pair ranks #67,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of precisão vs prisão
Shared letters: ioprsã. Private to "precisão": ce. Private to "prisão": -.
"precisão" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "prisão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "precisão" vs "prisão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "precisão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "precisão" and "prisão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "precisão vs predição". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #67,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.