priest

[pʁiːst]

/[pʁiːst]/ verb

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The verdict

“priest” is uncommon German (frequency #63,663 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,663
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs preisen

Corpus desk

Index DE-priest · priest · German

priest · rank #63,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,663
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH presste

Nearest frequency peer: presste (-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 „priest“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for priest
PropertyValue
Headwordpriest
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pʁiːst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,663
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „priest“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „presste“ (#63,662), „Privatsammlung“ (#63,665), „praktizierende“ (#63,660). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „priest“ bei #63,663. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

priest is uncommon German at frequency #63,663 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁiːst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for priest, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is priest, spelled P-R-I-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs preisen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs preisen

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 "priest"?
"priest" is spelled P-R-I-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiːst].
What does "priest" mean?
As a verb, "priest" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs preisen
How do you pronounce "priest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "priest" is [pʁiːst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "priest" come from?
"priest" 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 "priest", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Recife#63,685Reutte#63,699Pagode#63,625scheid#63,729

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list