provisionary

adj

"provisionary" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“provisionary” 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) - provisional

Corpus desk

Index EN-provisionary · provisionary · English

provisionary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for provisionary
PropertyValue
Headwordprovisionary
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “provisionary” in English

provisionarysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

provisionary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "provisional".

No generated misspelling entries exist for provisionary in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 provision + -ary. The correct English form is provisionary, spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-I-O-N-A-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    provisional

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how provisionary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The good news in the Case-Shiller index, the most widely watched source of price information about the housing market, is equally provisionary.

Etymology

From provision + -ary.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provisionary"?
"provisionary" is spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-I-O-N-A-R-Y.
What does "provisionary" mean?
As an adjective, "provisionary" means: provisional
What is the origin of the word "provisionary"?
From provision + -ary. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list