prat
/pɹat/noun
prat is spelled P-R-A-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prat means “A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prat is prats.
How many letters and syllables are in prat?
| Letters | 4: P-R-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is prat?
Prat appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce prat?
- UK /pɹat/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-prat.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with prat
Also written: pratt.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with prat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as prat (/at/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: part, trap, tarp, rapt.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of prat
- prats plural
- pratt
- more prat comparative
- most prat superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandA cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
- 2
slangA buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom.
Pratt, a Buttock.
- 3
CommonwealthIrelandUKslangA fool, contemptible person.
- 4
slangThe female genitals.
"She's a far better piece Than the Viceroy's niece, Who has also more fur on her prat."
adjective
- 1
obsoleteCunning, astute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does prat come from?
From Middle English prat, from Old English præt, prætt (“trick, prank, craft, art, wile”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander about”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian prat, Dutch pret (“fun, pleasure, gaity”), obsolete Dutch prat (“cunning, strategem, scheme, a prideful display, arrogance”), Low German prot, Norwegian prette (“trick”), Icelandic prettur (“a trick”). Related to pretty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).