# provides vs provinces

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### provides
*verb · IPA /pɹəˈvaɪdz/ · frequency rank #1,671*
third-person singular simple present indicative of provide

### provinces
*noun · IPA /ˈpɹɑvɪnsɪz/ · frequency rank #6,825*
plural of province

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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