provocaba

/[pɾoβ̞oˈkaβ̞a]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,070

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

provocaba is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provocar. Pronounced [pɾoβ̞oˈkaβ̞a]. Often confused with provocar and provocan.

Key facts for provocaba
PropertyValue
Headwordprovocaba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoβ̞oˈkaβ̞a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,070
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for provocaba is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoβ̞oˈkaβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,070 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 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for provocaba, with forms such as "porvocaba", "pprovocaba", and "probocaba". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "provocar", "provocan", "provocado", 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 provocaba, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porvocaba,pprovocaba,probocaba,proovcaba,provcoaba,provoacba,provocaab,provocabba,provocava,provocbaa,provoccaba,provvocaba,prrovocaba,prvoocaba,rpovocaba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for provocaba

Misspelling Variants of "provocaba"

porvocaba9pprovocaba10probocaba9proovcaba9provcoaba9provoacba9provocaab9provocabba10
Misspelling Variants of "provocaba"

Frequency rank: #31,070 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provocaba"?
"provocaba" is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoβ̞oˈkaβ̞a].
What does "provocaba" mean?
As a verb, "provocaba" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de provocar.
What words are commonly confused with "provocaba"?
"provocaba" is commonly confused with "provocar", "provocan", "provocado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provocaba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provocaba" is [pɾoβ̞oˈkaβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provocaba" come from?
"provocaba" 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.