provocan
[pɾoˈβ̞okãn]
The verdict
“provocan” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,913
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de provocar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-provocan · provocan · Spanish
provocan · rank #10,913 · 13 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,913
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH procesar
Nearest frequency peer: procesar (-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 “provocan”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- potosí
potosí
89,091 corpus weight
- presenten
presenten
89,090 corpus weight
- procesar
procesar
89,089 corpus weight
- provocan
provocan
89,088 corpus weight
- prólogo
prólogo
89,087 corpus weight
- publicando
publicando
89,086 corpus weight
What this shows “provocan” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “provocan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around provocan (IPA [pɾoˈβ̞okãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,913 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "provocan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).