Pracht

/[pʁaxt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,724

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

Pracht is aGermannoun. It means: optisch überwältigender Zustand; enorme oder üppige Schönheit Pronounced [pʁaxt]. Often confused with prägt and prallt.

Key facts for Pracht
PropertyValue
HeadwordPracht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁaxt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,724
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pracht is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁaxt]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,724 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "optisch überwältigender Zustand; enorme oder üppige Schönheit".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pracht, with forms such as "parcht", "ppracht", and "praccht". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "prägt", "prallt", "Prälat", 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 Pracht, spelled P-R-A-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    optisch überwältigender Zustand; enorme oder üppige Schönheit

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: parcht,ppracht,praccht,prachht,prachtt,practh,prahct,prcaht,prracht,rpacht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pracht

Misspelling Variants of "Pracht"

parcht6ppracht7praccht7prachht7prachtt7practh6prahct6prcaht6
Misspelling Variants of "Pracht"

Frequency rank: #15,724 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pracht"?
"Pracht" is spelled P-R-A-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁaxt].
What does "Pracht" mean?
As a noun, "Pracht" means: optisch überwältigender Zustand; enorme oder üppige Schönheit
What words are commonly confused with "Pracht"?
"Pracht" is commonly confused with "prägt", "prallt", "Prälat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pracht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pracht" is [pʁaxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pracht" come from?
"Pracht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.