provoked

/pɹəˈvoʊkt/

//pɹəˈvoʊkt// verb

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"provoked" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“provoked” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,819
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of provoke

Corpus desk

Index EN-provoked · provoked · English

provoked · rank #14,819 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,819
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pronunciation

Nearest frequency peer: pronunciation (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “provoked”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “provoked” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

provoked vs proved
75% similar
provoked vs provoke
88% similar
provoked vs provided
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for provoked
PropertyValue
Headwordprovoked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɹəˈvoʊkt/
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,819
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “provoked”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).provokedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “pronunciation” (#14,818), “quotation” (#14,820), “prohibit” (#14,817). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “provoked” is #14,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around provoked (IPA /pɹəˈvoʊkt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,819 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of provoke".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for provoked, with forms such as "porvoked", "pprovoked", and "proovked". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "proved", "provoke", "provided", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is provoked, spelled P-R-O-V-O-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of provoke

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvoked
  • pprovoked
  • proovked
  • provkoed
  • provoekd
  • provokde
  • provokedd
  • provokked
  • provvoked
  • prrovoked
  • prvooked
  • rpovoked

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provoked - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

porvoked2pprovoked1proovked2provkoed2provoekd2provokde2provokedd1provokked1
Edit distance from "provoked"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provoked"?
"provoked" is spelled P-R-O-V-O-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /pɹəˈvoʊkt/.
What does "provoked" mean?
As a verb, "provoked" means: simple past and past participle of provoke
What words are commonly confused with "provoked"?
"provoked" is commonly confused with "proved", "provoke", "provided". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provoked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provoked" is /pɹəˈvoʊkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provoked" come from?
"provoked" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "provoked", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list