Provence
[pʁɔˈvɑ̃ːs]
The verdict
“Provence” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,668
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Landschaft im äußersten Südosten von Frankreich
Corpus desk
Index DE-provence · Provence · German
Provence · rank #23,668 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,668
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Promo
Nearest frequency peer: Promo (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Provence“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- preisgeben
preisgeben
76,337 corpus weight
- princess
princess
76,335 corpus weight
- Promo
Promo
76,334 corpus weight
- Provence
Provence
76,333 corpus weight
- prächtige
prächtige
76,332 corpus weight
- prüfe
prüfe
76,331 corpus weight
What this shows „Provence“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Provence |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pʁɔˈvɑ̃ːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Provence“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Provence (IPA [pʁɔˈvɑ̃ːs]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,668 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Landschaft im äußersten Südosten von Frankreich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Provence, with forms such as "porvence", "pprovence", and "proevnce". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Prozente", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Provence, spelled P-R-O-V-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1die Landschaft im äußersten Südosten von Frankreich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Provence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kräuter der Provence sind als Gewürzmischung handelsüblich und typisch für die provenzalische Küche.
„Die Bergwanderer in der Provence feuern jeden Radfahrer, der an ihnen vorbeikriecht, mit allez! allez! an.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porvence
- pprovence
- proevnce
- provecne
- provencce
- provenec
- provennce
- provnece
- provvence
- prrovence
- prvoence
- rpovence
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Provence - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Provence", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).