Provençal
/ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/
"provencal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Provençal” is uncommon English (frequency #81,724 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,724
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “Provençal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Provençal is uncommon English at frequency #81,724 among 46,516 “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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Using “Provençal”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-V-E-N-Ç-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.