Provokateure

[pʁovokaˈtøːʁə]

/[pʁovokaˈtøːʁə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Provokateure” is uncommon German (frequency #98,941 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,941
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Provokateur

Corpus desk

Index DE-provokateure · Provokateure · German

Provokateure · rank #98,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,941
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH proklamieren

Nearest frequency peer: proklamieren (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Provokateure“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Provokateure“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Provokateure
PropertyValue
HeadwordProvokateure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁovokaˈtøːʁə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#98,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Provokateure“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Provokateurefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „proklamieren“ (#98,940), „prägnanter“ (#98,942), „Psychiaters“ (#98,943). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Provokateure“ bei #98,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Provokateure is uncommon German at frequency #98,941 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁovokaˈtøːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Provokateure in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Provokateure, spelled P-R-O-V-O-K-A-T-E-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Provokateur
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Provokateur
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Provokateur

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Provokateure"?
"Provokateure" is spelled P-R-O-V-O-K-A-T-E-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁovokaˈtøːʁə].
What does "Provokateure" mean?
As a noun, "Provokateure" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Provokateur
How do you pronounce "Provokateure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Provokateure" is [pʁovokaˈtøːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Provokateure" come from?
"Provokateure" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Provokateure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

proklamieren#98,940raffiniertes#98,955Rationierung#98,966referenziert#98,978

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list