provisoire

\pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\

/\pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“provisoire” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,793
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se fait en attendant une autre chose, préalablement à une autre chose qui sera définitive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-provisoire · provisoire · French

provisoire · rank #4,793 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,793
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prononcé

Nearest frequency peer: prononcé (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « provisoire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « provisoire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

provisoire vs provisoires
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for provisoire
PropertyValue
Headwordprovisoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,793
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « provisoire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.provisoirese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prononcé » (#4,792), « prévenu » (#4,794), « promet » (#4,791). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « provisoire » est au #4,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around provisoire (IPA \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,793 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for provisoire, with forms such as "porvisoire", "pprovisoire", and "proivsoire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "provisoires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is provisoire, spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se fait en attendant une autre chose, préalablement à une autre chose qui sera définitive.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un jugement rendu par provision.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au jour, j'inspecte minutieusement les avaries et consolide les réparations provisoires de la nuit.
  2. Nous avons fait un arrangement provisoire.

This word in other languages

provisional(English)provisional(Español)Interim-(Deutsch)provisório(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvisoire
  • pprovisoire
  • proivsoire
  • proviosire
  • provisiore
  • provisoier
  • provisoirre
  • provisorie
  • provissoire
  • provsioire
  • provvisoire
  • prrovisoire
  • prvoisoire
  • rpovisoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provisoire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porvisoire2pprovisoire1proivsoire2proviosire2provisiore2provisoier2provisoirre1provisorie2
Edit distance from "provisoire"

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 "provisoire"?
"provisoire" is spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\.
What does "provisoire" mean?
As an adjective, "provisoire" means: Qui se fait en attendant une autre chose, préalablement à une autre chose qui sera définitive.
What words are commonly confused with "provisoire"?
"provisoire" is commonly confused with "provisoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provisoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provisoire" is \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provisoire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

spéciales14 variantsSébastien14 variantsJérusalem14 variantsarrestation14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list