provisoirement

\pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ.mɑ̃\

/\pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“provisoirement” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,029. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,029
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière provisoire, en attendant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-provisoirement · provisoirement · French

provisoirement · rank #12,029 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,029
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH précaire

Nearest frequency peer: précaire (+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 « provisoirement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « provisoirement » 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
Key facts for provisoirement
PropertyValue
Headwordprovisoirement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#12,029
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « provisoirement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).provisoirementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « précaire » (#12,030), « prendront » (#12,027), « premium » (#12,026). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « provisoirement » est au #12,029. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around provisoirement (IPA \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #12,029 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for provisoirement, with forms such as "porvisoirement", "pprovisoirement", and "proivsoirement". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is provisoirement, spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-O-I-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière provisoire, en attendant.
  2. 2
    Par provision.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Parfois, l'ampleur des travaux est telle que la route doit être provisoirement fermée et interdite à toute circulation. Un itinéraire de déviation est alors provisoirement mis en place.
  2. Cela n'a été jugé que provisoirement.

Synonyms

en attendant

This word in other languages

for the time being(English)vorläufig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvisoirement
  • pprovisoirement
  • proivsoirement
  • proviosirement
  • provisiorement
  • provisoierment
  • provisoireemnt
  • provisoiremennt
  • provisoirementt
  • provisoiremetn
  • provisoiremment
  • provisoiremnet
  • provisoirmeent
  • provisoirrement
  • provisoriement
  • provissoirement
  • provsioirement
  • provvisoirement
  • prrovisoirement
  • prvoisoirement
  • rpovisoirement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provisoirement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

porvisoirement2pprovisoirement1proivsoirement2proviosirement2provisiorement2provisoierment2provisoireemnt2provisoiremennt1
Edit distance from "provisoirement"

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 "provisoirement"?
"provisoirement" is spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-O-I-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "provisoirement" mean?
As an adverb, "provisoirement" means: D’une manière provisoire, en attendant.
What are common misspellings of "provisoirement"?
Common misspellings include "porvisoirement", "pprovisoirement", "proivsoirement", "proviosirement", "provisiorement". The correct spelling is "provisoirement".
How do you pronounce "provisoirement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provisoirement" is \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list