provoquèrent
\pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛʁ\
The verdict
“provoquèrent” is uncommon French (frequency #64,023 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,023
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de provoquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-provoquerent · provoquèrent · French
provoquèrent · rank #64,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,023
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH propaganda
Nearest frequency peer: propaganda (-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 « provoquèrent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- promulguées
promulguées
35,981 corpus weight
- propaganda
propaganda
35,979 corpus weight
- provoquèrent
provoquèrent
35,978 corpus weight
- préexistant…
préexistantes
35,977 corpus weight
- prénatal
prénatal
35,976 corpus weight
- prêtaient
prêtaient
35,975 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « provoquèrent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | provoquèrent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #64,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « provoquèrent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
provoquèrent is uncommon French at frequency #64,023 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de provoquer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for provoquèrent in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is provoquèrent, spelled P-R-O-V-O-Q-U-È-R-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de provoquer.
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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