provisorisch

/[pʁoviˈzoːʁɪʃ]/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,337

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

provisorisch is anGermanadj. It means: vorübergehend, notbehelfsweise Pronounced [pʁoviˈzoːʁɪʃ]. Often confused with provisorische and provisorischen.

Key facts for provisorisch
PropertyValue
Headwordprovisorisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pʁoviˈzoːʁɪʃ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#28,337
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of provisorisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for provisorisch is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁoviˈzoːʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,337 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vorübergehend, notbehelfsweise".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for provisorisch, with forms such as "porvisorisch", "pprovisorisch", and "proivsorisch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "provisorische", "provisorischen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is provisorisch, spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-O-R-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vorübergehend, notbehelfsweise

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porvisorisch,pprovisorisch,proivsorisch,proviosrisch,provisoirsch,provisoricsh,provisoriscch,provisorischh,provisorishc,provisorissch,provisorrisch,provisorsich,provisroisch,provissorisch,provsiorisch,provvisorisch,prrovisorisch,prvoisorisch,rpovisorisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for provisorisch

Misspelling Variants of "provisorisch"

porvisorisch12pprovisorisch13proivsorisch12proviosrisch12provisoirsch12provisoricsh12provisoriscch13provisorischh13
Misspelling Variants of "provisorisch"

Frequency rank: #28,337 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provisorisch"?
"provisorisch" is spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-O-R-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁoviˈzoːʁɪʃ].
What does "provisorisch" mean?
As an adj, "provisorisch" means: vorübergehend, notbehelfsweise
What words are commonly confused with "provisorisch"?
"provisorisch" is commonly confused with "provisorische", "provisorischen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provisorisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provisorisch" is [pʁoviˈzoːʁɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provisorisch" come from?
"provisorisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.