provenían
[pɾoβ̞eˈniãn]
The verdict
“provenían” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,362
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provenir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provenían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾoβ̞eˈniãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “provenían” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around provenían (IPA [pɾoβ̞eˈniãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,362 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provenir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for provenían, with forms such as "porvenían", "pprovenían", and "probenían". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "provenir", "Provenza", "provenzal", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is provenían, spelled P-R-O-V-E-N-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provenir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porvenían
- pprovenían
- probenían
- proevnían
- provenaín
- provennían
- proveníann
- provenína
- proveínan
- provneían
- provvenían
- prrovenían
- prvoenían
- rpovenían
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provenían - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “provenían”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-V-E-N-Í-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾoβ̞eˈniãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “provenir” - see the side-by-side comparison. provenían vs provenir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.