pray
/preɪ/
The verdict
“pray” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,870 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,870
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Orar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pray |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /preɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pray” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pray is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,870 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /preɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pray has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pray, spelled P-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Orar.
- 2Rogar, hacer una plegaria.
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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Using “pray”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /preɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.