Profis

/[ˈpʁoːfis]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,017

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Profis is aGermannoun. It means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Profi Pronounced [ˈpʁoːfis]. It ranks #5,017 in German word frequency. Often confused with pros and Promi.

Key facts for Profis
PropertyValue
HeadwordProfis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʁoːfis]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,017
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Profis is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʁoːfis]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,017 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 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 Profis, with forms such as "porfis", "pprofis", and "prfois". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "pros", "Promi", "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 Profis, spelled P-R-O-F-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Profi
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Profi
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Profi
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Profi
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Profi

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfis,pprofis,prfois,proffis,profiss,profsi,proifs,prrofis,rpofis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Profis

Misspelling Variants of "Profis"

porfis6pprofis7prfois6proffis7profiss7profsi6proifs6prrofis7
Misspelling Variants of "Profis"

Frequency rank: #5,017 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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