provident
/ˈpɹɒvɪdənt/
"provident" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“provident” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,424
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
Corpus desk
Index EN-provident · provident · English
provident · rank #44,424 · 14 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,424
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH proportionate…
Nearest frequency peer: proportionately (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “provident”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pretenders
pretenders
55,582 corpus weight
- proportiona…
proportionality
55,579 corpus weight
- proportiona…
proportionately
55,578 corpus weight
- provident
provident
55,577 corpus weight
- pubescent
pubescent
55,576 corpus weight
- Qingdao
Qingdao
55,573 corpus weight
What this shows “provident” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provident |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɒvɪdənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “provident”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around provident (IPA /ˈpɹɒvɪdənt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #44,424 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for provident, with forms such as "porvident", "pprovident", and "proivdent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "provides", "provider", "providing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English provident, from Latin prōvidēns, prōvidentis, present participle of prōvideō (“I foresee; I am cautious; I provide”): compare French provident. By surface analysis, provide + -ent. Doublet of prudent. The correct English form is provident, spelled P-R-O-V-I-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
- 2Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it.
- 3Providing (for someone’s needs).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how provident appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I saw your brother, Most provident in peril, bind himself, Courage and hope both teaching him the practise, To a strong mast that lived upon the sea;
Since then that all kinde of Gaming serues but as gulphes to deuoure the substances of men, and to swallow them vp in beggerie, my counsell is vtterly either to refraine such pastimes, or if men are of such spirits that they must needes venture their money, then to be very prouident how they play, and to be choise of their company.
Etymology
From Middle English provident, from Latin prōvidēns, prōvidentis, present participle of prōvideō (“I foresee; I am cautious; I provide”): compare French provident. By surface analysis, provide + -ent. Doublet of prudent.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porvident
- pprovident
- proivdent
- provdient
- providdent
- providennt
- providentt
- providetn
- providnet
- proviednt
- provvident
- prrovident
- prvoident
- rpovident
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provident - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "provident", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).