praia

\pɾˈaj.ɐ\

/\pɾˈaj.ɐ\/ noun

The verdict

“praia” is uncommon French (frequency #64,016 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,016
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-praia · praia · French

praia · rank #64,016 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,016
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH PQR

Nearest frequency peer: PQR (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « praia »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « praia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for praia
PropertyValue
Headwordpraia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɾˈaj.ɐ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,016
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « praia » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).praiatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « PQR » (#64,015), « prayer » (#64,017), « postait » (#64,014). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « praia » est au #64,016. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

praia is uncommon French at frequency #64,016 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɾˈaj.ɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plage.".

No misspelling variants are generated for praia in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is praia, spelled P-R-A-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how praia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Para os habitantes da região costeira ocidental, a praia da Leirosa nem sempre foi conhecida pelas melhores razões.
  2. Progresso era a palavra que mais se ouvia em Ilhéus e em Itabuna naquele tempo. (...) Os ilheenses repetiam-na a propósito das novas ruas, das praças ajardinadas, dos edifícios no centro comercial e das residências modernas na praia, das oficinas do Diário de Ilhéus, das marinetes saindo pela manhã e a tarde para Itabuna, dos caminhões transportando cacau…

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "praia"?
"praia" is spelled P-R-A-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pɾˈaj.ɐ\.
What does "praia" mean?
As a noun, "praia" means: Plage.
How do you pronounce "praia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "praia" is \pɾˈaj.ɐ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "praia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list