Which to use
“professionelle” and “professionelles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,097
- “professionelle” frequency rank
- #27,458
- “professionelles” frequency rank
- 34555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | professionelle | professionelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs professionell | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs professionell |
Where the eye mixes professionelle and professionelles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 14 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between professionelle and professionelles
A purely visual mix-up. professionelle ([pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛlə]) and professionelles ([pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛləs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “professionelle” sits inside “professionelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
professionelle is recorded at frequency rank #7,097, classified as anadj, pronounced [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛlə]. professionelles is at rank #27,458, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛləs].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34555, this pair ranks #1,660,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of professionelle vs professionelles
Shared letters: efilnoprs. Private to "professionelle": -. Private to "professionelles": -.
"professionelle" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCCV · "professionelles" · 15 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- professionelle ← porfessionelle · pprofessionelle · prfoessionelle · proefssionelle · profesionelle · profesisonelle · professinoelle · professioenlle
- professionelles ← porfessionelles · pprofessionelles · prfoessionelles · proefssionelles · profesionelles · profesisonelles · professinoelles · professioenlles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "professionelle" and "professionelles" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "professionelle" or "professionelles" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "professionelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "professionelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,660,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "professionelle" and "professionelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "professioneller vs professionelles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,660,604 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.