provisionner

\pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ.ne\

/\pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“provisionner” is uncommon French (frequency #98,389 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,389
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prévoir des fonds en tant que provision.

Corpus desk

Index FR-provisionner · provisionner · French

provisionner · rank #98,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,389
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH proviendra

Nearest frequency peer: proviendra (-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 « provisionner »

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 « provisionner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for provisionner
PropertyValue
Headwordprovisionner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ.ne\
Letters12
Frequency rank#98,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « provisionner » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).provisionnertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « proviendra » (#98,388), « prothétique » (#98,387), « prudhommes » (#98,391). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « provisionner » est au #98,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

provisionner is uncommon French at frequency #98,389 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

provisionner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is provisionner, spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-I-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prévoir des fonds en tant que provision.
  2. 2
    Affecter des ressources à un utilisateur, en effectuer la configuration depuis un guichet central.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand on bâcle lois et réglementation pour boucher des trous dans le budget, ça tourne généralement mal. Et de plus en plus mal pour l’Etat français, qui a décidé de provisionner 25 milliards (« Le Point », 1/11) pour faire face aux contentieux engagés contre lui.
  2. "Les exploitants européens provisionnent généralement entre 900 millions et 1,3 milliard d'euros par réacteur à démanteler quand EDF ne provisionne que 350 millions environ par tranche", ajoute le document de la mission d'information de la Commission du développement durable et de l'aménagement du territoire de l'Assemblée nationale.

This word in other languages

provision(English)

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 "provisionner"?
"provisionner" is spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-I-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ.ne\.
What does "provisionner" mean?
As a verb, "provisionner" means: Prévoir des fonds en tant que provision.
How do you pronounce "provisionner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provisionner" is \pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provisionner" come from?
"provisionner" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pousseraient#98,377plébiscitées#98,363phalangistes#98,352patriciennes#98,341

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list