pralle

[ˈpʁalə]

/[ˈpʁalə]/ adj

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The verdict

“pralle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,388
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall

Corpus desk

Index DE-pralle · pralle · German

pralle · rank #35,388 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,388
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH praktizierte

Nearest frequency peer: praktizierte (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „pralle“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „pralle“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pralle vs Prämie
33% similar
pralle vs prallt
83% similar
pralle vs Prärie
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pralle
PropertyValue
Headwordpralle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈpʁalə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,388
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pralle“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).pralleliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „praktizierte“ (#35,387), „Probefahrt“ (#35,389), „Praktikantin“ (#35,386). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pralle“ bei #35,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pralle (IPA [ˈpʁalə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,388 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pralle, with forms such as "parlle", "ppralle", and "prale". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Prämie", "prallt", "Prärie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pralle, spelled P-R-A-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • parlle
  • ppralle
  • prale
  • pralel
  • prlale
  • prralle
  • rpalle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pralle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

parlle2ppralle1prale1pralel2prlale2prralle1rpalle2
Edit distance from "pralle"

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 "pralle"?
"pralle" is spelled P-R-A-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁalə].
What does "pralle" mean?
As an adjective, "pralle" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prall
What words are commonly confused with "pralle"?
"pralle" is commonly confused with "Prämie", "prallt", "Prärie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pralle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pralle" is [ˈpʁalə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pralle" come from?
"pralle" 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 "pralle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pusten#35,395Passus#35,375reason#35,402nähren#35,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

pesto7 variantsRonja7 variantsMöwen7 variantsMenüs7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list