Praia
[ˈb̥rajɐ]
The verdict
“Praia” is an uncommon German word, ranked #77,188 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #77,188
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in ein Gewässer hineinragender, langgestreckter, flacher, sandiger oder kiesiger Streifen Land, besonders der bespülte Saum des Meeres
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Praia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈb̥rajɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Praia” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Praia is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈb̥rajɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,188 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in ein Gewässer hineinragender, langgestreckter, flacher, sandiger oder kiesiger Streifen Land, besonders der bespülte Saum des Meeres".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Praia, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Praia, spelled P-R-A-I-A.
Definition
- 1in ein Gewässer hineinragender, langgestreckter, flacher, sandiger oder kiesiger Streifen Land, besonders der bespülte Saum des Meeres
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.
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Using “Praia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-A-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈb̥rajɐ] (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.