provee

/[pɾoˈβ̞ee]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,477

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

provee is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proveer o de proveerse. Pronounced [pɾoˈβ̞ee]. Often confused with proveer and proveen.

Key facts for provee
PropertyValue
Headwordprovee
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoˈβ̞ee]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,477
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of provee in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for provee is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈβ̞ee]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,477 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for provee, with forms such as "porvee", "pprovee", and "probee". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "proveer", "proveen", "proveyó", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is provee, spelled P-R-O-V-E-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proveer o de proveerse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de proveer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porvee,pprovee,probee,proeve,prove,provvee,prrovee,prvoee,rpovee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for provee

Misspelling Variants of "provee"

porvee6pprovee7probee6proeve6prove5provvee7prrovee7prvoee6
Misspelling Variants of "provee"

Frequency rank: #11,477 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provee"?
"provee" is spelled P-R-O-V-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈβ̞ee].
What does "provee" mean?
As a verb, "provee" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proveer o de proveerse.
What words are commonly confused with "provee"?
"provee" is commonly confused with "proveer", "proveen", "proveyó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provee" is [pɾoˈβ̞ee]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provee" come from?
"provee" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.