bird of prey

/[…]/ noun

The verdict

“bird of prey” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Raubvogel

Key facts for bird of prey
PropertyValue
Headwordbird of prey
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bird of prey” sits in German frequency

bird of prey falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bird of prey is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Raubvogel".

No misspelling variants are generated for bird of prey in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bird of prey, spelled B-I-R-D- -O-F- -P-R-E-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raubvogel

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bird of prey"?
"bird of prey" is spelled B-I-R-D- -O-F- -P-R-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "bird of prey" mean?
As a noun, "bird of prey" means: Raubvogel
How do you pronounce "bird of prey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bird of prey" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bird of prey" come from?
"bird of prey" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “bird of prey”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-I-R-D- -O-F- -P-R-E-Y — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.