Which to use
“provocation” and “provocations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,053
- “provocation” frequency rank
- #22,663
- “provocations” frequency rank
- 32716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provocation | provocations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de provoquer. | Pluriel de provocation. |
Same sound, different letters: provocation vs provocations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Homophone desk: provocation vs provocations
This is the hard kind. provocation and provocations are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “provocation” sits inside “provocations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provocation is recorded at frequency rank #10,053, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. provocations is at rank #22,663, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 32716, this pair ranks #295,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of provocation vs provocations
Shared letters: acinoprtv. Private to "provocation": -. Private to "provocations": s.
"provocation" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVC · "provocations" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provocation ← porvocation · pprovocation · proovcation · provcoation · provoaction · provocaiton · provocatino · provocationn
- provocations ← porvocations · pprovocations · proovcations · provcoations · provoactions · provocaitons · provocatinos · provocationns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "provocation" and "provocations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "provocation" vs "provocations" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "provocation" / "provocations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "provocation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provocations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provocation" and "provocations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prorogation vs provocation". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #295,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.