# Provo

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/ · frequency rank #34,650

## Definitions
1. A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.

## Etymology
From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer.

## Easily confused with
- **proxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provo-vs-proxy)
- **prowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provo-vs-prowl)
- **provoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provo-vs-provoke)
- **provost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provo-vs-provost)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pro-vs-provo)
- **poo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poo-vs-provo)
- **POV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pov-vs-provo)
- **pros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pros-vs-provo)
- **prom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prom-vs-provo)
- **polo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polo-vs-provo)
- **prop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-provo)
- **prob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prob-vs-provo)
- **prod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-provo)
- **proc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proc-vs-provo)
- **prog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prog-vs-provo)
- **pogo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-provo)
- **Prot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prot-vs-provo)
- **photo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/photo-vs-provo)
- **proud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proud-vs-provo)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prove-vs-provo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`porvo`, `pprovo`, `proov`, `provvo`, `prrovo`, `prvoo`, `rpovo`

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