provolone
/ˈpɹoʊvəloʊn/
"provolone" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“provolone” is uncommon English (frequency #66,958 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,958
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A semi-hard cheese made of whole milk from cows. It comes primarily from Southern Italy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provolone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹoʊvəloʊn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “provolone” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
provolone is uncommon English at frequency #66,958 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɹoʊvəloʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A semi-hard cheese made of whole milk from cows. It comes primarily from Southern Italy.".
Zero misspellings are on record for provolone in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian provolone, augmentative of provola. The correct English form is provolone, spelled P-R-O-V-O-L-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A semi-hard cheese made of whole milk from cows. It comes primarily from Southern Italy.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian provolone, augmentative of provola.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “provolone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-V-O-L-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.