provocations

\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“provocations” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,663. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,663
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-provocations · provocations · French

provocations · rank #22,663 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,663
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH projetée

Nearest frequency peer: projetée (-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 « provocations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « provocations » 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).

provocations vs provocation
92% similar

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

Key facts for provocations
PropertyValue
Headwordprovocations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#22,663
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « provocations »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.provocationsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « projetée » (#22,662), « prédicateur » (#22,664), « profitons » (#22,661). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « provocations » est au #22,663. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around provocations (IPA \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,663 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de provocation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for provocations, with forms such as "porvocations", "pprovocations", and "proovcations". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "provocation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is provocations, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de provocation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est pourquoi, frères humains qui après moi vivrez et avez acheté ces pages sur un quiproquo, n’ayez le cœur contre mes provocations endurci, mais, comme il faut qu’il y ait de l’opposition en toute chose, défliquez et, l’adversité par corollaire disparaissant automatiquement, vous pacifierez du même coup !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvocations
  • pprovocations
  • proovcations
  • provcoations
  • provoactions
  • provocaitons
  • provocatinos
  • provocationns
  • provocationss
  • provocatiosn
  • provocatoins
  • provocattions
  • provoccations
  • provoctaions
  • provvocations
  • prrovocations
  • prvoocations
  • rpovocations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provocations - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

porvocations2pprovocations1proovcations2provcoations2provoactions2provocaitons2provocatinos2provocationns1
Edit distance from "provocations"

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 "provocations"?
"provocations" is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "provocations" mean?
As a noun, "provocations" means: Pluriel de provocation.
What words are commonly confused with "provocations"?
"provocations" is commonly confused with "provocation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provocations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provocations" 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 "provocations" come from?
"provocations" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list