provokativ
[pʁovokaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“provokativ” is uncommon German (frequency #57,328 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,328
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - herausfordernd, eine Provokation enthaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-provokativ · provokativ · German
provokativ · rank #57,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,328
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH protocol
Nearest frequency peer: protocol (-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 „provokativ“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Projektil
Projektil
42,678 corpus weight
- protected
protected
42,675 corpus weight
- protocol
protocol
42,674 corpus weight
- provokativ
provokativ
42,673 corpus weight
- Prozeduren
Prozeduren
42,672 corpus weight
- psychoanaly…
psychoanalytische
42,669 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „provokativ“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provokativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pʁovokaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „provokativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
provokativ is uncommon German at frequency #57,328 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁovokaˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "herausfordernd, eine Provokation enthaltend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for provokativ in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is provokativ, spelled P-R-O-V-O-K-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1herausfordernd, eine Provokation enthaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how provokativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Verhalten kann man nur als provokativ verstehen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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