# profiling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #18,663

## Definitions
1. The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
2. In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.

## Easily confused with
- **prowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profiling-vs-prowling)
- **providing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profiling-vs-providing)
- **promising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profiling-vs-promising)

## Common misspellings (14)
`porfiling`, `pprofiling`, `prfoiling`, `proffiling`, `profiilng`, `profilign`, `profilingg`, `profilinng`, `profilling`, `profilnig`, `profliing`, `proifling`, `prrofiling`, `rpofiling`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/profiling