Provençal
/ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/
"provencal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Provençal” is uncommon English (frequency #81,724 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,724
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-provencal · Provençal · English
Provençal · rank #81,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,724
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Prudhomme
Nearest frequency peer: Prudhomme (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Provençal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Prins
Prins
18,282 corpus weight
- PRM
PRM
18,281 corpus weight
- Provençal
Provençal
18,277 corpus weight
- Prudhomme
Prudhomme
18,276 corpus weight
- publique
publique
18,275 corpus weight
- punchbowl
punchbowl
18,272 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Provençal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Provençal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Provençal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Provençal is uncommon English at frequency #81,724 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.".
Provençal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French provenceal, provençal, from Latin prōvinciālis. The correct English form is Provençal, spelled P-R-O-V-E-N-Ç-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French provenceal, provençal, from Latin prōvinciālis.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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