pai

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The verdict

“pai” is uncommon German (frequency #53,141 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,141
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - akzeptabel

Corpus desk

Index DE-pai · pai · German

pai · rank #53,141 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,141
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pachtvertrag

Nearest frequency peer: Pachtvertrag (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „pai“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „pai“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pai
PropertyValue
Headwordpai
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#53,141
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pai“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.paifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pachtvertrag“ (#53,140), „partizipieren“ (#53,142), „pachten“ (#53,139). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pai“ bei #53,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pai is uncommon German at frequency #53,141 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "akzeptabel".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pai, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is pai, spelled P-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    akzeptabel

Synonyms

wanea

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pai"?
"pai" is spelled P-A-I. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "pai" mean?
As an adjective, "pai" means: akzeptabel
How do you pronounce "pai"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pai" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pai" come from?
"pai" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tas#53,284kas#52,982jak#52,967VOB#53,352

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list