provitamin
noun
provitamin is spelled P-R-O-V-I-T-A-M-I-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, provitamin means “Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of provitamin is provitamins.
How many letters and syllables are in provitamin?
| Letters | 10: P-R-O-V-I-T-A-M-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is provitamin?
Provitamin appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of provitamin
- provitamins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does provitamin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Provitamin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense compound:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | provitamine |
| German | Provitamin |
| Spanish | provitamina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does provitamin come from?
From pro- (“forward, facing, favouring, toward”) + vitamin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).