provin
\pʁɔ.vɛ̃\
The verdict
“provin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rejeton d’une plante provignée, sarment de vigne ou rameau d'arbre qu'on couche en terre pour lui faire prendre racine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-provin · provin · French
provin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.vɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « provin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
provin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rejeton d’une plante provignée, sarment de vigne ou rameau d'arbre qu'on couche en terre pour lui faire prendre racine.".
Zero misspellings are on record for provin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is provin, spelled P-R-O-V-I-N.
Definition
- 1Rejeton d’une plante provignée, sarment de vigne ou rameau d'arbre qu'on couche en terre pour lui faire prendre racine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how provin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour un homme qui ne pense qu’à ses provins et à ses baliveaux, il a du trait, dit Lousteau
Et l’illustre Gaudissart sortit avec monsieur Margaritis qui le promena de provin en provin, de cep en cep, dans ses vignes.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.