provocan
[pɾoˈβ̞okãn]
The verdict
“provocan” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,913 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #10,913
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 13
- 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 presente de indicativo de provocar.
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 | provocan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾoˈβ̞okãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “provocan” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for provocan is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈβ̞okãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,913 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de provocar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for provocan, with forms such as "porvocan", "pprovocan", and "probocan". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "provocó", "provocar", "provocará", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is provocan, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de provocar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porvocan,pprovocan,probocan,proovcan,provcoan,provoacn,provocann,provoccan,provocna,provvocan,prrovocan,prvoocan,rpovocan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provocan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “provocan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-V-O-C-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾoˈβ̞okãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “provocó” - see the side-by-side comparison. provocan vs provocó
- 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.