Praia
[ˈb̥rajɐ]
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
- populäres
populäres
22,816 corpus weight
- postulieren
postulieren
22,815 corpus weight
- potente
potente
22,814 corpus weight
- Praia
Praia
22,813 corpus weight
- prasseln
prasseln
22,812 corpus weight
- primer
primer
22,811 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Praia“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Praia“ im Deutschen
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
- 1in ein Gewässer hineinragender, langgestreckter, flacher, sandiger oder kiesiger Streifen Land, besonders der bespülte Saum des Meeres
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Praia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn es am Wochenend ned chuvt [= regnet], holen wir Bier aus der geladeira und fahrn an die praia.“
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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