Pays-Bas

[pe.i.bɑ]

/[pe.i.bɑ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pays-Bas” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Niederlande

Corpus desk

Index DE-pays-bas · Pays-Bas · German

Pays-Bas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Pays-Bas
PropertyValue
HeadwordPays-Bas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pe.i.bɑ]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Pays-Bas” sits in German frequency

Pays-Bas 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.

Rare enough to double-check

Pays-Bas is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pe.i.bɑ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Niederlande".

No misspelling variants are generated for Pays-Bas in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pays-Bas, spelled P-A-Y-S---B-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Niederlande

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pays-Bas"?
"Pays-Bas" is spelled P-A-Y-S---B-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [pe.i.bɑ].
What does "Pays-Bas" mean?
As a noun, "Pays-Bas" means: Niederlande
How do you pronounce "Pays-Bas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pays-Bas" is [pe.i.bɑ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pays-Bas" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list