proviseuse
\pʁɔ.vi.zøz\
The verdict
“proviseuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Religieuse chargée de pourvoir aux besoins de fonctionnement d’une abbaye, d’un couvent, d’un monastère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-proviseuse · proviseuse · French
proviseuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | proviseuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.vi.zøz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « proviseuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
proviseuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.vi.zøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for proviseuse, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is proviseuse, spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Religieuse chargée de pourvoir aux besoins de fonctionnement d’une abbaye, d’un couvent, d’un monastère.
- 2Directrice d’un lycée.
- 3Épouse d’un proviseur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how proviseuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[une confrérie] est administrée, sous la direction de M. le Curé, par trois Proviseuses qui accomplissent avec un infatigable dévouement la tâche laborieuse de conserver florissante l’œuvre sainte qui leur est confiée.
Il y a eu de tout temps un proviseur ou une proviseuse de la chapelle de la Vierge.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.