How do you spell Precocious?
Correct spelling
precocious
Remember: precocious has two C's - one before and one in cooking (coquere).
Why is precocious spelled this way?
From Latin praecox, ripened early. PRAE (before) + COQUERE (to ripen). Someone precocious ripens before their time — ability that arrives ahead of schedule.
Common misspellings of precocious
precoceousprecosciousprecociusprecautious
Example
The precocious five-year-old was already reading chapter books while her classmates learned basic sight words.