Priorat
[pʁioˈʁaːt]
The verdict
“Priorat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleineres Kloster des Benediktiner- oder der zugehörigen Zweigorden
Corpus desk
Index DE-priorat · Priorat · German
Priorat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Priorat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁioˈʁaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Priorat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Priorat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁioˈʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Priorat has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Priorat, spelled P-R-I-O-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1kleineres Kloster des Benediktiner- oder der zugehörigen Zweigorden
- 2das Amt und die Würde eines Priors
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Priorat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Zisterzienserabtei Mehrerau ist eine "Territorialabtei", die dem zuständigen Abt untersteht. Die Wallfahrts- und Klosterkirche Birnau gehört als Priorat seit 1919 zur Abtei Mehrerau. Bei einer "Territorialabtei" handelt es sich um ein territorial umschriebenes Gebiet, dessen Betreuung einem Abt übertragen ist.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.