profession

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The verdict

“profession” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,735. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,735
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stand, Beruf, Metier, Berufszweig

Corpus desk

Index DE-profession · profession · German

profession · rank #37,735 · 14 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,735
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH privatisiert

Nearest frequency peer: privatisiert (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „profession“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „profession“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

profession vs Professor
70% similar
profession vs Prozession
80% similar
profession vs Progression
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for profession
PropertyValue
Headwordprofession
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,735
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „profession“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).professionliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „privatisiert“ (#37,734), „Projektionen“ (#37,736), „Prinzips“ (#37,733). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „profession“ bei #37,735. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around profession (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,735 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stand, Beruf, Metier, Berufszweig".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for profession, with forms such as "porfession", "pprofession", and "prfoession". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Professor", "Prozession", "Progression", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is profession, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stand, Beruf, Metier, Berufszweig

Synonyms

occupation

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfession
  • pprofession
  • prfoession
  • proefssion
  • profesion
  • profesison
  • professino
  • professionn
  • professoin
  • profeßion
  • proffession
  • profsesion
  • prrofession
  • rpofession

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of profession - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porfession2pprofession1prfoession2proefssion2profesion1profesison2professino2professionn1
Edit distance from "profession"

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 "profession"?
"profession" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "profession" mean?
As a noun, "profession" means: Stand, Beruf, Metier, Berufszweig
What words are commonly confused with "profession"?
"profession" is commonly confused with "Professor", "Prozession", "Progression". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profession"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profession" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profession" come from?
"profession" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

preiswerte#37,731resigniert#37,747Osterfeuer#37,717Opferrolle#37,712

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Projektor14 variantsPriesters14 variantsrömisches14 variantsRüstungen14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list