Países Bajos

/[paˈises ˈβaxos]/ name

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Staat in Westeuropa; Niederlande

Key facts for Países Bajos
PropertyValue
HeadwordPaíses Bajos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[paˈises ˈβaxos]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Países Bajos” sits in German frequency

Países Bajos 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 Países Bajos is 12 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈises ˈβaxos]. 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: "Staat in Westeuropa; Niederlande".

No misspelling variants are generated for Países Bajos 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 Países Bajos, spelled P-A-Í-S-E-S- -B-A-J-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Staat in Westeuropa; Niederlande

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Países Bajos"?
"Países Bajos" is spelled P-A-Í-S-E-S- -B-A-J-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈises ˈβaxos].
What does "Países Bajos" mean?
As a proper noun, "Países Bajos" means: Staat in Westeuropa; Niederlande
How do you pronounce "Países Bajos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Países Bajos" is [paˈises ˈβaxos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Países Bajos" come from?
"Países Bajos" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Países Bajos”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is P-A-Í-S-E-S- -B-A-J-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [paˈises ˈβaxos] (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.

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