provincia
[pɾoˈβ̞ĩnsja]
The verdict
“provincia” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #695 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #695
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad de la división política y administrativo de algunos estados, cuyo nivel en el sistema de organización territorial varía.
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 | provincia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾoˈβ̞ĩnsja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “provincia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for provincia is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈβ̞ĩnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #695 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for provincia, with forms such as "porvincia", "pprovincia", and "probincia". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "provincias", "provincial", "provinciano", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is provincia, spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Unidad de la división política y administrativo de algunos estados, cuyo nivel en el sistema de organización territorial varía.
- 2Unidad de la división administrativa de algunas órdenes religiosas.
- 3Tribunal en el fuero civil formado por alcaldes de corte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porvincia,pprovincia,probincia,proivncia,provicnia,provincai,provinccia,provinica,provinncia,provinsia,provnicia,provvincia,prrovincia,prvoincia,rpovincia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provincia - 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.
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 “provincia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾoˈβ̞ĩnsja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “provincias” - see the side-by-side comparison. provincia vs provincias
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.