Profil

/[pʁoˈfiːl]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,677

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Profil is aGermannoun. It means: Seitenansicht einer Gestalt Pronounced [pʁoˈfiːl]. It ranks #2,677 in German word frequency. Often confused with Promi and Profis.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Profil is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁoˈfiːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,677 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Profil, with forms such as "porfil", "pprofil", and "prfoil". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Promi", "Profis", "Profit", 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 Profil, spelled P-R-O-F-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfil,pprofil,prfoil,proffil,profill,profli,proifl,prrofil,rpofil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Profil

Misspelling Variants of "Profil"

porfil6pprofil7prfoil6proffil7profill7profli6proifl6prrofil7
Misspelling Variants of "Profil"

Frequency rank: #2,677 in German

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.
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Nearby German words

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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.