Provence
[pʁɔ.vɑ̃s]
The verdict
“Provence” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,481 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,481
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Provenza.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Provence |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pʁɔ.vɑ̃s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Provence” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Provence is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,481 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [pʁɔ.vɑ̃s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Provenza.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Provence in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Provence, spelled P-R-O-V-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Provenza.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Provence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-V-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁɔ.vɑ̃s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.