professionell

/[pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛl]/ adj

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,709

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

professionell is anGermanadj. It means: von einem Fachmann ausgeführt, auf fachmännische Art Pronounced [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛl]. It ranks #6,709 in German word frequency. Often confused with professionelle and professionellen.

Key facts for professionell
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Headwordprofessionell
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛl]
Letters13
Frequency rank#6,709
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of professionell in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for professionell is 13 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛl]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,709 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for professionell, with forms such as "porfessionell", "pprofessionell", and "prfoessionell". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "professionelle", "professionellen", "professioneller", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is professionell, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-E-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von einem Fachmann ausgeführt, auf fachmännische Art
  2. 2
    kommerziell, das heißt gegen Bezahlung; hierbei ist ausdrücklich keine Aussage über die Qualität gemeint

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfessionell,pprofessionell,prfoessionell,proefssionell,profesionell,profesisonell,professinoell,professioenll,professionel,professionlel,professionnell,professoinell,profeßionell,proffessionell,profsesionell,prrofessionell,rpofessionell

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for professionell

Misspelling Variants of "professionell"

porfessionell13pprofessionell14prfoessionell13proefssionell13profesionell12profesisonell13professinoell13professioenll13
Misspelling Variants of "professionell"

Frequency rank: #6,709 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "professionell"?
"professionell" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛl].
What does "professionell" mean?
As an adj, "professionell" means: von einem Fachmann ausgeführt, auf fachmännische Art
What words are commonly confused with "professionell"?
"professionell" is commonly confused with "professionelle", "professionellen", "professioneller". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "professionell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "professionell" is [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "professionell" come from?
"professionell" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.