Pirat

/[piˈʁaːt]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,337

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Pirat is aGermannoun. It means: Räuber, der Schiffe oder Flugzeuge überfällt Pronounced [piˈʁaːt]. Often confused with Prag and PISA.

Key facts for Pirat
PropertyValue
HeadwordPirat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈʁaːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,337
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pirat in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pirat is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈʁaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,337 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pirat, with forms such as "iprat", "piart", and "piratt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Prag", "PISA", "prägt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Pirat, spelled P-I-R-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Räuber, der Schiffe oder Flugzeuge überfällt
  2. 2
    Räuber, der sich fremdes (geistiges) Eigentum aneignet
  3. 3
    Bootstyp, Zweimann-Jolle
  4. 4
    Flugzeugtyp, vorwiegend zu Schulungen eingesetztes Mehrzwecksegelflugzeug
  5. 5
    Kartenspiel (für Kinder und Jugendliche), bei dem Piraten auf den Spielkarten abgebildet sind
  6. 6
    Böller, Knallkörper
  7. 7
    Mitglied einer Piratenpartei

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iprat,piart,piratt,pirrat,pirta,ppirat,priat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pirat

Misspelling Variants of "Pirat"

iprat5piart5piratt6pirrat6pirta5ppirat6priat5
Misspelling Variants of "Pirat"

Frequency rank: #19,337 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pirat"?
"Pirat" is spelled P-I-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈʁaːt].
What does "Pirat" mean?
As a noun, "Pirat" means: Räuber, der Schiffe oder Flugzeuge überfällt
What words are commonly confused with "Pirat"?
"Pirat" is commonly confused with "Prag", "PISA", "prägt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pirat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pirat" is [piˈʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pirat" come from?
"Pirat" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.