průkaz
[ˈpruːkas]
The verdict
“průkaz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Urkunde, die wichtige (persönliche) Daten enthält und die man meist bei sich hat; Ausweis, Nachweis, Legimitation
Corpus desk
Index DE-prukaz · průkaz · German
průkaz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | průkaz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpruːkas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „průkaz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
průkaz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpruːkas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Urkunde, die wichtige (persönliche) Daten enthält und die man meist bei sich hat; Ausweis, Nachweis, Legimitation".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for průkaz, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 průkaz, spelled P-R-Ů-K-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Urkunde, die wichtige (persönliche) Daten enthält und die man meist bei sich hat; Ausweis, Nachweis, Legimitation
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how průkaz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mladý muž u sebe neměl průkaz.
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.