provenía

[pɾoβ̞eˈnia]

/[pɾoβ̞eˈnia]/ verb

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The verdict

“provenía” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,190
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provenir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-provenia · provenía · Spanish

provenía · rank #23,190 · 12 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,190
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH proyectil

Nearest frequency peer: proyectil (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “provenía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “provenía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

provenía vs provenir
75% similar
provenía vs Provenza
75% similar
provenía vs provincia
67% similar

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

Key facts for provenía
PropertyValue
Headwordprovenía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoβ̞eˈnia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,190
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “provenía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).proveníacae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “proyectil” (#23,191), “proposiciones” (#23,188), “próspera” (#23,192). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “provenía” va en #23,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around provenía (IPA [pɾoβ̞eˈnia]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,190 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for provenía, with forms such as "porvenía", "pprovenía", and "probenía". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "provenir", "Provenza", "provincia", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is provenía, spelled P-R-O-V-E-N-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provenir.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provenir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvenía
  • pprovenía
  • probenía
  • proevnía
  • provenaí
  • provennía
  • proveína
  • provneía
  • provvenía
  • prrovenía
  • prvoenía
  • rpovenía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provenía - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porvenía2pprovenía1probenía1proevnía2provenaí2provennía1proveína2provneía2
Edit distance from "provenía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provenía"?
"provenía" is spelled P-R-O-V-E-N-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoβ̞eˈnia].
What does "provenía" mean?
As a verb, "provenía" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provenir.
What words are commonly confused with "provenía"?
"provenía" is commonly confused with "provenir", "Provenza", "provincia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provenía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provenía" is [pɾoβ̞eˈnia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provenía" come from?
"provenía" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

próspera#23,192psicosis#23,194queridas#23,198Raimundo#23,199

Similar misspelling depth

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

revelada12 variantspadrinos12 variantssinagoga12 variantssuburbio12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list