# praia

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɾaj.ɐ/ · frequency rank #833

## Definitions
1. faixa de terra que é coberta pelo mar quando acontece a maré cheia e que é descoberta quando acontece a maré baixa
2. território (coloquial de alçada)

## Easily confused with
- **proa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-proa)
- **prazo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-prazo)
- **preta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-preta)
- **prata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-prata)
- **presa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-presa)
- **prato** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-prato)
- **prosa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-prosa)
- **praxe** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-praxe)
- **profa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-profa)
- **praise** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-praise)
- **prática** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praia-vs-pratica)
- **pai** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pai-vs-praia)
- **para** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-praia)
- **país** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pais-vs-praia)
- **papa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/papa-vs-praia)
- **pata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pata-vs-praia)
- **podia** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/podia-vs-praia)
- **praça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praca-vs-praia)
- **placa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/placa-vs-praia)
- **praga** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/praga-vs-praia)

## Common misspellings (6)
`paria`, `ppraia`, `praai`, `priaa`, `prraia`, `rpaia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/praia