provir

verb

The verdict

“provir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,175 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,175
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - derivar de; advir de; ter sua origem em

Corpus desk

Index PT-provir · provir · Portuguese

provir · rank #93,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,175
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH proibitivo

Nearest frequency peer: proibitivo (-10 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “provir”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “provir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for provir
PropertyValue
Headwordprovir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “provir” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).provircai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “proibitivo” (#93,165), “profícuo” (#93,163), “rebite” (#93,197). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “provir” fica em #93,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

provir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,175 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "derivar de; advir de; ter sua origem em".

No misspelling variants are generated for provir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is provir, spelled P-R-O-V-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    derivar de; advir de; ter sua origem em

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O produto deve provir de plantações e fábricas certificadas dentro dos mais exigentes padrões de proteção ao meio ambiente e de responsabilidade social.

This word in other languages

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provir"?
"provir" is spelled P-R-O-V-I-R.
What does "provir" mean?
As a verb, "provir" means: derivar de; advir de; ter sua origem em
What language does "provir" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list