provocant
\pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃\
The verdict
“provocant” is uncommon French (frequency #54,183 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,183
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui provoque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-provocant · provocant · French
provocant · rank #54,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,183
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH protéique
Nearest frequency peer: protéique (-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 « provocant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- prophylaxie
prophylaxie
45,821 corpus weight
- prostitue
prostitue
45,820 corpus weight
- protéique
protéique
45,819 corpus weight
- provocant
provocant
45,818 corpus weight
- proxénètes
proxénètes
45,817 corpus weight
- prévienne
prévienne
45,816 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « provocant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provocant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « provocant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
provocant is uncommon French at frequency #54,183 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui provoque.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for provocant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is provocant, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui provoque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how provocant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait un rire d’enfant très doux et bête à ravir, un rire plein de grâces, provocant, vous donnant de mauvais frissons.
La porte s’était ouverte et, en même temps que Cogolin disparaissait, une jeune fille au regard effronté, au sourire provocant, à la fraîche et radieuse beauté, entra !
This word in other languages
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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