proud

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The verdict

“proud” is uncommon German (frequency #54,816 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,816
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hochmütig

Corpus desk

Index DE-proud · proud · German

proud · rank #54,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,816
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH protect

Nearest frequency peer: protect (-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 „proud“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for proud
PropertyValue
Headwordproud
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „proud“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).proudfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „protect“ (#54,815), „Provenienz“ (#54,817), „propagierten“ (#54,814). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „proud“ bei #54,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

proud is uncommon German at frequency #54,816 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for proud in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is proud, spelled P-R-O-U-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    hochmütig
  2. 2
    stolz

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 "proud"?
"proud" is spelled P-R-O-U-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "proud" mean?
As an adjective, "proud" means: hochmütig
How do you pronounce "proud"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proud" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proud" come from?
"proud" 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 "proud", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Sasse#54,856neven#54,760nella#54,755Nauen#54,753

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list