# Praia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɹaɪə/ · frequency rank #45,011

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Cape Verde.
2. A municipality of Cape Verde.

## Etymology
From Portuguese praia (“beach”).
Named after Praia de Santa Maria which is now Praia da Gamboa

## Easily confused with
- **pray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-pray)
- **prim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-prim)
- **pram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-pram)
- **prat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-prat)
- **prank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-prank)
- **PRATT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-pratt)
- **prima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-prima)
- **prays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-prays)
- **Priya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-priya)
- **prawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-prawn)
- **praise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-praise)
- **prasad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-prasad)
- **praxis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-praxis)
- **Pravda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-pravda)
- **prior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-prior)
- **Pryor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praia-vs-pryor)
- **pia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pia-vs-praia)
- **PRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pra-vs-praia)
- **paid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paid-vs-praia)
- **pain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pain-vs-praia)

## Common misspellings (6)
`paria`, `ppraia`, `praai`, `priaa`, `prraia`, `rpaia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/praia