Praia

[ˈb̥rajɐ]

/[ˈb̥rajɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Praia” is uncommon German (frequency #77,188 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,188
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in ein Gewässer hineinragender, langgestreckter, flacher, sandiger oder kiesiger Streifen Land, besonders der bespülte Saum des Meeres

Corpus desk

Index DE-praia · Praia · German

Praia · rank #77,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,188
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH potente

Nearest frequency peer: potente (-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 „Praia“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Praia
PropertyValue
HeadwordPraia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈb̥rajɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,188
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Praia“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Praiafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „potente“ (#77,187), „prasseln“ (#77,189), „postulieren“ (#77,186). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Praia“ bei #77,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Praia is uncommon German at frequency #77,188 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈb̥rajɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    in ein Gewässer hineinragender, langgestreckter, flacher, sandiger oder kiesiger Streifen Land, besonders der bespülte Saum des Meeres

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Wenn es am Wochenend ned chuvt [= regnet], holen wir Bier aus der geladeira und fahrn an die praia.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "Praia"?
"Praia" is spelled P-R-A-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈb̥rajɐ].
What does "Praia" mean?
As a noun, "Praia" means: in ein Gewässer hineinragender, langgestreckter, flacher, sandiger oder kiesiger Streifen Land, besonders der bespülte Saum des Meeres
How do you pronounce "Praia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Praia" is [ˈb̥rajɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Praia" come from?
"Praia" 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 "Praia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list