provocação

noun

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The verdict

“provocação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,686
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de provocar

Corpus desk

Index PT-provocacao · provocação · Portuguese

provocação · rank #14,686 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,686
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pulmonar

Nearest frequency peer: pulmonar (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “provocação”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “provocação” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

provocação vs povoação
80% similar

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

Key facts for provocação
PropertyValue
Headwordprovocação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,686
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “provocação”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pulmonar” (#14,688), “rampa” (#14,690), “rancor” (#14,691). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “provocação” fica em #14,686. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around provocação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,686 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de provocar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for provocação, with forms such as "porvocação", "pprovocação", and "proovcação". 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, "povoação", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 provocação, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de provocar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Paixão Selvagem certamente não é um programa agradável de ver, mas representa bem o estilo de provocação em que Serge Gainsbourg era mestre.

This word in other languages

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvocação
  • pprovocação
  • proovcação
  • provcoação
  • provoacção
  • provocaãço
  • provocaçoã
  • provoccação
  • provocçaão
  • provvocação
  • prrovocação
  • prvoocação
  • rpovocação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porvocação2pprovocação1proovcação2provcoação2provoacção2provocaãço2provocaçoã2provoccação1
Edit distance from "provocação"

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 "provocação"?
"provocação" is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "provocação" mean?
As a noun, "provocação" means: ato ou efeito de provocar
What words are commonly confused with "provocação"?
"provocação" is commonly confused with "povoação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "provocação" come from?
"provocação" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

posicionar#14,677respectivo#14,700ventilador#14,748desenrolar#14,565

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

metrópole13 variantsmagnético13 variantsinvestido13 variantsabundante13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list