Profiler

[pʁɔˈfaɪ̯lɐ]

/[pʁɔˈfaɪ̯lɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Profiler” is uncommon German (frequency #74,973 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,973
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erfahrene/ausgebildete Person, die versucht, sich aus zunächst wenig aufschlussreich wirkenden Beobachtungen eine Vorstellung von der Persönlichkeit eines Täters zu machen, die also ein Profiling d...

Corpus desk

Index DE-profiler · Profiler · German

Profiler · rank #74,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,973
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH princip

Nearest frequency peer: princip (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Profiler“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Profiler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Profiler
PropertyValue
HeadwordProfiler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁɔˈfaɪ̯lɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,973
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Profiler“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Profilerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „princip“ (#74,972), „prämierte“ (#74,975), „praise“ (#74,969). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Profiler“ bei #74,973. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Profiler is uncommon German at frequency #74,973 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɔˈfaɪ̯lɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erfahrene/ausgebildete Person, die versucht, sich aus zunächst wenig aufschlussreich wirkenden Beobachtungen eine Vorstellung von der Persönlichkeit eines Täters zu machen, die also ein Profiling d...".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Profiler, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Profiler, spelled P-R-O-F-I-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    erfahrene/ausgebildete Person, die versucht, sich aus zunächst wenig aufschlussreich wirkenden Beobachtungen eine Vorstellung von der Persönlichkeit eines Täters zu machen, die also ein Profiling durchführt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „In den Akten sucht der Profiler nach Informationen über ihn.“

Synonyms

FallanalytikerTatortanalytiker

This word in other languages

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 "Profiler"?
"Profiler" is spelled P-R-O-F-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁɔˈfaɪ̯lɐ].
What does "Profiler" mean?
As a noun, "Profiler" means: erfahrene/ausgebildete Person, die versucht, sich aus zunächst wenig aufschlussreich wirkenden Beobachtungen eine Vorstellung von der Persönlichkeit eines Täters zu machen, die also ein Profiling d...
How do you pronounce "Profiler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Profiler" is [pʁɔˈfaɪ̯lɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list