provocación

[pɾoβ̞okaˈsjõn]

/[pɾoβ̞okaˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“provocación” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,436
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de provocar o incitar a alguien a que haga algo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-provocacion · provocación · Spanish

provocación · rank #16,436 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,436
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH protagonizada

Nearest frequency peer: protagonizada (-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 “provocación”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “provocación” 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).

provocación vs provocaron
73% similar
provocación vs provocaciones
77% similar

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

Key facts for provocación
PropertyValue
Headwordprovocación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾoβ̞okaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,436
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “provocación”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).provocacióncae 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 “protagonizada” (#16,435), “prometí” (#16,434), “radiante” (#16,438). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “provocación” va en #16,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around provocación (IPA [pɾoβ̞okaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,436 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for provocación, with forms such as "porvocación", "pprovocación", and "probocación". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "provocaron", "provocaciones", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 provocación, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de provocar o incitar a alguien a que haga algo.
  2. 2
    Delito que consiste en promover que otra persona concurra en delito.

This word in other languages

provocation(English)provocation(Français)Provokation(Deutsch)provocação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvocación
  • pprovocación
  • probocación
  • proovcación
  • provcoación
  • provoacción
  • provocacción
  • provocacinó
  • provocaciónn
  • provocacóin
  • provocaicón
  • provocasión
  • provoccación
  • provoccaión
  • provvocación
  • prrovocación
  • prvoocación
  • rpovocación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provocación - 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.

porvocación2pprovocación1probocación1proovcación2provcoación2provoacción2provocacción1provocacinó2
Edit distance from "provocación"

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 "provocación"?
"provocación" is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoβ̞okaˈsjõn].
What does "provocación" mean?
As a noun, "provocación" means: Acción y efecto de provocar o incitar a alguien a que haga algo.
What words are commonly confused with "provocación"?
"provocación" is commonly confused with "provocaron", "provocaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provocación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provocación" is [pɾoβ̞okaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provocación" come from?
"provocación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prometieron#16,433recurrentes#16,441presionando#16,426poblacional#16,418

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

acreditación18 variantsfinalización18 variantscortometraje18 variantseclesiástica18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list