provocación
\pɾo.βo.kaˈθjõn\
The verdict
“provocación” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Provocation, action de provoquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-provocacion · provocación · French
provocación · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | provocación |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɾo.βo.kaˈθjõn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « provocación » en français
Rare enough to double-check
provocación is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɾo.βo.kaˈθjõn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for provocación in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is provocación, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Provocation, action de provoquer.
- 2Provocation, délit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how provocación appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Actos de provocación.
Delito de provocación a la discriminación o a la violencia racial.
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.