Professur

[pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯]

/[pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Professur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,010
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amt, Titel eines Professors

Corpus desk

Index DE-professur · Professur · German

Professur · rank #19,010 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,010
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pressesprecher

Nearest frequency peer: Pressesprecher (-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 „Professur“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Professur“ 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).

Professur vs Prozessor
78% similar
Professur vs Professor
89% similar
Professur vs Professors
80% similar

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

Key facts for Professur
PropertyValue
HeadwordProfessur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,010
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Professur“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Pressesprecher“ (#19,009), „Prototypen“ (#19,011), „Polizeigewalt“ (#19,008). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Professur“ bei #19,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Professur (IPA [pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,010 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Amt, Titel eines Professors".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Professur, with forms such as "porfessur", "pprofessur", and "prfoessur". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Prozessor", "Professor", "Professors", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Professur, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amt, Titel eines Professors

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Professur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er wehrte zunächst ab, als ihm der Wirt die Chronik brachte; doch dann nahm er sie doch und schlug den Sommer nach, in dem er auf seine erste Professur berufen worden war.“
  2. „Neben meiner Professur am Konservatorium Klagenfurt habe ich etwa mit meinem Jazzquartett, der Organ Band, und im Duo mit Matthias Bublath verschiedene Projekte am Laufen.“

This word in other languages

professorship(English)professorat(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfessur
  • pprofessur
  • prfoessur
  • proefssur
  • professru
  • professurr
  • profesur
  • profesusr
  • profeßur
  • proffessur
  • profsesur
  • prrofessur
  • rpofessur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Professur - 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.

porfessur2pprofessur1prfoessur2proefssur2professru2professurr1profesur1profesusr2
Edit distance from "Professur"

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 "Professur"?
"Professur" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯].
What does "Professur" mean?
As a noun, "Professur" means: Amt, Titel eines Professors
What words are commonly confused with "Professur"?
"Professur" is commonly confused with "Prozessor", "Professor", "Professors". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Professur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Professur" is [pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Professur" come from?
"Professur" 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 "Professur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

originell#19,002Oettinger#18,998Schlosser#19,029schnappen#19,030

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Schranke13 variantsMargarete13 variantslesbisch13 variantsTherapien13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list