# provoking

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #15,682

## Definitions
1. annoying; irritating

## Easily confused with
- **proving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proving-vs-provoking)
- **proofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proofing-vs-provoking)
- **providing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/providing-vs-provoking)
- **promoting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promoting-vs-provoking)

## Common misspellings (14)
`porvoking`, `pprovoking`, `proovking`, `provkoing`, `provoikng`, `provokign`, `provokingg`, `provokinng`, `provokking`, `provoknig`, `provvoking`, `prrovoking`, `prvooking`, `rpovoking`

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