profitable

[pʁofiˈtaːblə]

/[pʁofiˈtaːblə]/ adj

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The verdict

“profitable” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,604 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#67,604
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel

Key facts for profitable
PropertyValue
Headwordprofitable
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁofiˈtaːblə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “profitable” 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). profitable lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for profitable is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁofiˈtaːblə]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,604 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

profitable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is profitable, spelled P-R-O-F-I-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel

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 "profitable"?
"profitable" is spelled P-R-O-F-I-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁofiˈtaːblə].
What does "profitable" mean?
As an adjective, "profitable" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profitabel
How do you pronounce "profitable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profitable" is [pʁofiˈtaːblə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profitable" come from?
"profitable" 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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Using “profitable”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-R-O-F-I-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [pʁofiˈtaːblə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list