Profess
[pʁoˈfɛs]
The verdict
“Profess” is uncommon German (frequency #98,937 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,937
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Ablegen der Ordensgelübde (Bindung an einen Orden für eine gewisse Zeit oder für immer und Befolgung der Regeln Keuschheit, Armut und Gehorsam)
Corpus desk
Index DE-profess · Profess · German
Profess · rank #98,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,937
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Produktionsfi…
Nearest frequency peer: Produktionsfirmen (-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 „Profess“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Privathäuse…
Privathäusern
1,067 corpus weight
- Privatsekre…
Privatsekretär
1,066 corpus weight
- Produktions…
Produktionsfirmen
1,065 corpus weight
- Profess
Profess
1,064 corpus weight
- profiles
profiles
1,063 corpus weight
- proklamieren
proklamieren
1,061 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Profess“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Profess |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁoˈfɛs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Profess“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Profess is uncommon German at frequency #98,937 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁoˈfɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Ablegen der Ordensgelübde (Bindung an einen Orden für eine gewisse Zeit oder für immer und Befolgung der Regeln Keuschheit, Armut und Gehorsam)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Profess, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Profess, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1das Ablegen der Ordensgelübde (Bindung an einen Orden für eine gewisse Zeit oder für immer und Befolgung der Regeln Keuschheit, Armut und Gehorsam)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Profess appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Jahr nach der Einkleidung legte sie ihre dreijährige zeitliche Profess ab, nun folgen die ewigen Gelübde.“
This word in other languages
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.
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