provocation

\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“provocation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,053. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,053
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de provoquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-provocation · provocation · French

provocation · rank #10,053 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,053
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH progressif

Nearest frequency peer: progressif (-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 « provocation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « provocation » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

provocation vs provocations
92% similar
provocation vs prorogation
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for provocation
PropertyValue
Headwordprovocation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,053
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « provocation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.provocationse 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 « progressif » (#10,052), « préparent » (#10,054), « productif » (#10,051). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « provocation » est au #10,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around provocation (IPA \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,053 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de provoquer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for provocation, with forms such as "porvocation", "pprovocation", and "proovcation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "provocations", "prorogation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is provocation, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de provoquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Les bénéfices records, fièrement affichés par les entreprises, ont été vécus comme un véritable provocation », atteste Joël Sohier, maître de conférences à l’université de Reims et auteur de l’ouvrage Le Syndicalisme en France (éd. Vuibert, 2010).
  2. Et pourtant le bon sens s’oppose à ce qu’une impératrice s’accommode comme une danseuse, qui semblerait une manière de provocation aux bonnes mœurs.

This word in other languages

provocation(English)provocación(Español)Provokation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvocation
  • pprovocation
  • proovcation
  • provcoation
  • provoaction
  • provocaiton
  • provocatino
  • provocationn
  • provocatoin
  • provocattion
  • provoccation
  • provoctaion
  • provvocation
  • prrovocation
  • prvoocation
  • rpovocation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provocation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porvocation2pprovocation1proovcation2provcoation2provoaction2provocaiton2provocatino2provocationn1
Edit distance from "provocation"

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 "provocation"?
"provocation" is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "provocation" mean?
As a noun, "provocation" means: Action de provoquer.
What words are commonly confused with "provocation"?
"provocation" is commonly confused with "provocations", "prorogation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provocation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provocation" is \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provocation" come from?
"provocation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list