Which to use
“Professor” and “Professur” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,566
- “Professor” frequency rank
- #19,010
- “Professur” frequency rank
- 20576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Professor | Professur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forscher und Lehrer an einer wissenschaftlichen Hochschule; Professoren können auch in leitenden Funktionen in Behörden mit Forschungseinrichtung oder außeruniversitären Forschungsorganisationen arbeiten | Amt, Titel eines Professors |
Where the eye mixes Professor and Professur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Professor and Professur
A purely visual mix-up. Professor ([pʁoˈfɛsoːɐ̯]) and Professur ([pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯]) 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 a single letter - o in “Professor” becomes u in “Professur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Professor is recorded at frequency rank #1,566, classified as anoun, pronounced [pʁoˈfɛsoːɐ̯]. Professur is at rank #19,010, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯].
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 20576, this pair ranks #1,896,117 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Professor vs Professur
Shared letters: efoprs. Private to "Professor": -. Private to "Professur": u.
"Professor" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC · "Professur" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Professor" and "Professur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Professor" or "Professur" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Professor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Professur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,896,117 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Professor" and "Professur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Professors vs Professur". 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 #1,896,117 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.