provincewide
"provincewide" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“provincewide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - throughout a province
Corpus desk
Index EN-provincewide · provincewide · English
provincewide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provincewide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “provincewide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
provincewide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "throughout a province".
provincewide 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From province + -wide. The correct English form is provincewide, spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-E-W-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1throughout a province
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how provincewide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although data on state farms in recent years are sketchy, their general situation and problems appear to be essentially the same as they were in the 1950s and the 1960s. At a provincewide symposium of state-owned agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises, convened in Chouchih, Shensi Province, in May 1975, the participants were told that although the…
One mocks Quebec stereotypes from a peculiar provincial law that sets June 30 as the expiration date for most residential leases (and thus transforms July 1 into a chaotic, provincewide moving day) to a Quebec City so cold that an actor must consume a bottle of Pepsi as if it were a Popsicle.
Etymology
From province + -wide.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.