Praia
[ˈpɾaja]
The verdict
“Praia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,452 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,452
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - capital de Cabo Verde.
Corpus desk
Index ES-praia · Praia · Spanish
Praia · rank #54,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,452
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH potenciando
Nearest frequency peer: potenciando (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Praia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- poseídos
poseídos
45,553 corpus weight
- posibilitan…
posibilitando
45,552 corpus weight
- potenciando
potenciando
45,550 corpus weight
- Praia
Praia
45,549 corpus weight
- preguntemos
preguntemos
45,547 corpus weight
- premura
premura
45,546 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Praia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Praia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɾaja] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Praia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Praia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,452 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈpɾaja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "capital de Cabo Verde.".
Praia has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Praia, spelled P-R-A-I-A.
Definition
- 1capital de Cabo Verde.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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