professionelle

[pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛlə]

/[pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“professionelle” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,097
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-professionelle · professionelle · German

professionelle · rank #7,097 · 18 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,097
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH problematisch

Nearest frequency peer: problematisch (-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 „professionelle“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „professionelle“ 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).

professionelle vs professionellen
93% similar
professionelle vs professioneller
93% similar
professionelle vs professionelles
93% similar

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

Key facts for professionelle
PropertyValue
Headwordprofessionelle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛlə]
Letters14
Frequency rank#7,097
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „professionelle“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.professionelleliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „problematisch“ (#7,096), „Rapper“ (#7,098), „Potenzial“ (#7,095). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „professionelle“ bei #7,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around professionelle (IPA [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛlə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,097 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for professionelle, with forms such as "porfessionelle", "pprofessionelle", and "prfoessionelle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "professionellen", "professioneller", "professionelles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is professionelle, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-E-L-L-E.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfessionelle
  • pprofessionelle
  • prfoessionelle
  • proefssionelle
  • profesionelle
  • profesisonelle
  • professinoelle
  • professioenlle
  • professionele
  • professionelel
  • professionlele
  • professionnelle
  • professoinelle
  • profeßionelle
  • proffessionelle
  • profsesionelle
  • prrofessionelle
  • rpofessionelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of professionelle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

porfessionelle2pprofessionelle1prfoessionelle2proefssionelle2profesionelle1profesisonelle2professinoelle2professioenlle2
Edit distance from "professionelle"

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 "professionelle"?
"professionelle" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛlə].
What does "professionelle" mean?
As an adjective, "professionelle" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs professionell
What words are commonly confused with "professionelle"?
"professionelle" is commonly confused with "professionellen", "professioneller", "professionelles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "professionelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "professionelle" is [pʁofɛsi̯oˈnɛlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "professionelle" come from?
"professionelle" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list