# provident

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɹɒvɪdənt/ · frequency rank #44,424

## Definitions
1. Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
2. Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it.
3. Providing (for someone’s needs).

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **provides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provident-vs-provides)
- **provider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provident-vs-provider)
- **providing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provident-vs-providing)
- **provide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provide-vs-provident)
- **provided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provided-vs-provident)
- **president** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/president-vs-provident)
- **prominent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prominent-vs-provident)
- **Providence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/providence-vs-provident)

## Common misspellings (14)
`porvident`, `pprovident`, `proivdent`, `provdient`, `providdent`, `providennt`, `providentt`, `providetn`, `providnet`, `proviednt`, `provvident`, `prrovident`, `prvoident`, `rpovident`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/provident