provocador

adj

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The verdict

“provocador” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,483
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que provoca algo

Corpus desk

Index PT-provocador · provocador · Portuguese

provocador · rank #37,483 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,483
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH punção

Nearest frequency peer: punção (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “provocador”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “provocador” 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).

provocador vs provocar
80% similar

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

Key facts for provocador
PropertyValue
Headwordprovocador
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,483
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “provocador”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “punção” (#37,484), “quinzenal” (#37,485), “protect” (#37,480). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “provocador” fica em #37,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around provocador, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,483 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for provocador, with forms such as "porvocador", "pprovocador", and "proovcador". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "provocar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is provocador, spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    que provoca algo
  2. 2
    que insulta, ofende
  3. 3
    que provoca desejo sexual

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. um homem provocador / uma mulher provocadora

Synonyms

causadorgerador

This word in other languages

provocative(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvocador
  • pprovocador
  • proovcador
  • provcoador
  • provoacdor
  • provocaddor
  • provocadorr
  • provocadro
  • provocaodr
  • provoccador
  • provocdaor
  • provvocador
  • prrovocador
  • prvoocador
  • rpovocador

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provocador - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

porvocador2pprovocador1proovcador2provcoador2provoacdor2provocaddor1provocadorr1provocadro2
Edit distance from "provocador"

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 "provocador"?
"provocador" is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-D-O-R.
What does "provocador" mean?
As an adjective, "provocador" means: que provoca algo
What words are commonly confused with "provocador"?
"provocador" is commonly confused with "provocar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "provocador" come from?
"provocador" 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 "provocador", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

resolution#37,499penicilina#37,462maquinista#37,413trimestral#37,562

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

burburinho15 variantsfatalmente15 variantsultrajante15 variantsprocedente15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list