Profil

[pʁoˈfiːl]

/[pʁoˈfiːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Profil” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,677
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seitenansicht einer Gestalt

Corpus desk

Index DE-profil · Profil · German

Profil · rank #2,677 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,677
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pflege

Nearest frequency peer: Pflege (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Profil”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Profil” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

Profil vs Promi
67% similar
Profil vs Profis
83% similar
Profil vs Profit
83% similar

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

Key facts for Profil
PropertyValue
HeadwordProfil
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁoˈfiːl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,677
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Profil” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Profil lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Profil (IPA [pʁoˈfiːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,677 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Profil, with forms such as "porfil", "pprofil", and "prfoil". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Promi", "Profis", "Profit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Profil, spelled P-R-O-F-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Seitenansicht einer Gestalt
  2. 2
    Längsschnitt, Querschnitt oder Umriss
  3. 3
    charakteristisches Erscheinungsbild
  4. 4
    Gesamtheit ausgeprägter Eigenschaften
  5. 5
    Kerben aufweisende Struktur einer Lauffläche
  6. 6
    längliches Bauteil unbestimmten Querschnitts
  7. 7
    beschreibende Daten eines Benutzers einer Computeranwendung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Scherenschnitt gibt seinen Kopf im Profil wieder.
  2. „So, wie er da als Silhouette an der Reling lehnte, schien sein Profil nur aus einer großen, knolligen Nase und einer langen, tief nach unten reichenden Kinnlade zu bestehen.“

Synonyms

Benutzerprofil

This word in other languages

profile(English)perfil(Español)profil(Français)perfil(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfil
  • pprofil
  • prfoil
  • proffil
  • profill
  • profli
  • proifl
  • prrofil
  • rpofil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porfil2pprofil1prfoil2proffil1profill1profli2proifl2prrofil1
Edit distance from "Profil"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Profil"?
"Profil" is spelled P-R-O-F-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁoˈfiːl].
What does "Profil" mean?
As a noun, "Profil" means: Seitenansicht einer Gestalt
What words are commonly confused with "Profil"?
"Profil" is commonly confused with "Promi", "Profis", "Profit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Profil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Profil" is [pʁoˈfiːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Profil" come from?
"Profil" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pflege#2,676offene#2,672Sender#2,682Sieger#2,683

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Pfarrer9 variantssinnvoll9 variantssofern9 variantsStress9 variants

What to do next

You've looked up "Profil". Here's where to go from here.

  • "Profil" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Promi". View pair
  • 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #2,677 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list