pirate

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The verdict

“pirate” is uncommon German (frequency #51,599 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,599
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-pirate · pirate · German

pirate · rank #51,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,599
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pipelines

Nearest frequency peer: Pipelines (-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 „pirate“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pirate
PropertyValue
Headwordpirate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pirate“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pipelines“ (#51,598), „plakativ“ (#51,600), „Pietsch“ (#51,597). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pirate“ bei #51,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pirate is uncommon German at frequency #51,599 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pirat".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pirate in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is pirate, spelled P-I-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pirat

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pirate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I like to read books about pirates.

This word in other languages

pirate(Français)

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 "pirate"?
"pirate" is spelled P-I-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "pirate" mean?
As a noun, "pirate" means: Pirat
How do you pronounce "pirate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pirate" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pirate" come from?
"pirate" 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 "pirate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Phoebe#51,595raubte#51,619nötigt#51,566Rodgau#51,635

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list