provide
[pɹəˈvaɪd]
The verdict
“provide” is uncommon German (frequency #84,433 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,433
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zur Verfügung stellen, bereitstellen, ausrüsten
Corpus desk
Index DE-provide · provide · German
provide · rank #84,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,433
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Propyläen
Nearest frequency peer: Propyläen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “provide”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- programs
programs
15,571 corpus weight
- Propyläen
Propyläen
15,569 corpus weight
- provide
provide
15,568 corpus weight
- proxima
proxima
15,567 corpus weight
- Präsidenten…
Präsidentenpalast
15,566 corpus weight
- Präsidentsc…
Präsidentschaftswahlkampf
15,565 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “provide” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɹəˈvaɪd] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “provide” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
provide is uncommon German at frequency #84,433 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɹəˈvaɪd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for provide, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is provide, spelled P-R-O-V-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1zur Verfügung stellen, bereitstellen, ausrüsten
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Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "provide", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.