provocantes
\pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃t\
The verdict
“provocantes” is uncommon French (frequency #68,574 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,574
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de provocant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-provocantes · provocantes · French
provocantes · rank #68,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,574
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH précession
Nearest frequency peer: précession (+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 « provocantes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Protest
Protest
31,431 corpus weight
- prototypage
prototypage
31,429 corpus weight
- provocantes
provocantes
31,427 corpus weight
- précession
précession
31,426 corpus weight
- prédatrice
prédatrice
31,425 corpus weight
- prédications
prédications
31,424 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « provocantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provocantes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « provocantes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
provocantes is uncommon French at frequency #68,574 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de provocant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for provocantes, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is provocantes, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de provocant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how provocantes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien que les fatigues des précédentes chorégraphies l’eussent rendue haletante et que, sur son corps tanagréen, ruisselassent, ainsi que sur une rose jaune les perles matinales, de petites gouttelettes de sueur, saltatrix presque nue maintenant, en proie aux exigences souveraines de Vénus, encore qu’ignorante des voluptés perverses autant que de la subtil…
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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