praia
\pɾˈaj.ɐ\
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
- possédais
possédais
35,988 corpus weight
- postait
postait
35,987 corpus weight
- PQR
PQR
35,986 corpus weight
- praia
praia
35,985 corpus weight
- prayer
prayer
35,984 corpus weight
- progestérone
progestérone
35,982 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « praia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | praia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɾˈaj.ɐ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « praia » en français
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
- 1Plage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how praia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Para os habitantes da região costeira ocidental, a praia da Leirosa nem sempre foi conhecida pelas melhores razões.
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.
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