Provincetown
"provincetown" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Provincetown” is uncommon English (frequency #58,297 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,297
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-provincetown · Provincetown · English
Provincetown · rank #58,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,297
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH propulsive
Nearest frequency peer: propulsive (-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 “Provincetown”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- presale
presale
41,709 corpus weight
- propulsive
propulsive
41,705 corpus weight
- Provincetown
Provincetown
41,704 corpus weight
- PSB
PSB
41,703 corpus weight
- Pua
Pua
41,702 corpus weight
- puppetry
puppetry
41,701 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Provincetown” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Provincetown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Provincetown” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Provincetown is uncommon English at frequency #58,297 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.".
Provincetown doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From province + town. The correct English form is Provincetown, spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-E-T-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1A town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Provincetown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The court pointed to an earlier ruling in the case of a company that was licensed to operate cigarette vending machines in Provincetown.
Etymology
From province + town.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).