provincia

\pro.ˈvin.t͡ʃa\

/\pro.ˈvin.t͡ʃa\/ noun

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The verdict

“provincia” is uncommon French (frequency #70,972 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,972
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Province.

Corpus desk

Index FR-provincia · provincia · French

provincia · rank #70,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,972
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Protée

Nearest frequency peer: Protée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « provincia »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « provincia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for provincia
PropertyValue
Headwordprovincia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pro.ˈvin.t͡ʃa\
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,972
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « provincia » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).provinciatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Protée » (#70,971), « prépayée » (#70,973), « prospecteurs » (#70,970). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « provincia » est au #70,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

provincia is uncommon French at frequency #70,972 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pro.ˈvin.t͡ʃa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for provincia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is provincia, spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Province.
  2. 2
    Division administrative se situant en dessous de la région et regroupant plusieurs communes, à rapprocher du département français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how provincia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Provincia del Rossiglione.
  2. Le sette province basche.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provincia"?
"provincia" is spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pro.ˈvin.t͡ʃa\.
What does "provincia" mean?
As a noun, "provincia" means: Province.
How do you pronounce "provincia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provincia" is \pro.ˈvin.t͡ʃa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provincia" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

primavera#70,966pyromanes#70,979quarteron#70,982possédera#70,958

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list