provoc
\pʁɔ.vɔk\
The verdict
“provoc” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,476
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Provocation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-provoc · provoc · French
provoc · rank #39,476 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,476
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prouvées
Nearest frequency peer: prouvées (-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 « provoc »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- proportionn…
proportionnels
60,527 corpus weight
- prouvées
prouvées
60,526 corpus weight
- provoc
provoc
60,525 corpus weight
- provocante
provocante
60,524 corpus weight
- prétendues
prétendues
60,523 corpus weight
- psychanalys…
psychanalystes
60,522 corpus weight
What this shows « provoc » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provoc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.vɔk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « provoc »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around provoc (IPA \pʁɔ.vɔk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,476 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Provocation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for provoc, with forms such as "porvoc", "pprovoc", and "proovc". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "provost", "provoquent", "promo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is provoc, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C.
Definition
- 1Provocation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how provoc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La provoc qui fait oublier tout le reste et le sens, la provoc comme ultime valeur. La provoc pour doper l'audimat de «débats» aux thèmes dignes de l'inventaire d'un Prévert pervers : une femme zoophile parlant de son mari - ou le contraire ; « Je fais commerce de mon corps » ; « Les voyantes ont-elles tout vu ?» ; […].
La déesse de la provoc ! À défaut d'être la déesse du glamour, tout compliment est bon à prendre. Donc je prends. Mais Lena se trompe. La provoc c'est juste un style. Le numéro qui m'a fait artiste, mes petits succès, mon habit de lumière.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porvoc
- pprovoc
- proovc
- provco
- provocc
- provvoc
- prrovoc
- prvooc
- rpovoc
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provoc - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).