profane

[pʁoˈfaːnə]

/[pʁoˈfaːnə]/ adj

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The verdict

“profane” is uncommon German (frequency #64,622 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,622
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan

Corpus desk

Index DE-profane · profane · German

profane · rank #64,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,622
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH primärer

Nearest frequency peer: primärer (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „profane“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „profane“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for profane
PropertyValue
Headwordprofane
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁoˈfaːnə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „profane“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.profanefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „primärer“ (#64,621), „Projektleiterin“ (#64,623), „Presseberichte“ (#64,619). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „profane“ bei #64,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

profane is uncommon German at frequency #64,622 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁoˈfaːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

profane has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is profane, spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profane"?
"profane" is spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁoˈfaːnə].
What does "profane" mean?
As an adjective, "profane" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
How do you pronounce "profane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profane" is [pʁoˈfaːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profane" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list