perfil
[peɾˈfil]
The verdict
“perfil” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,616 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,616
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Línea representativa del contorno de una figura y el mismo contorno.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perfil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peɾˈfil] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perfil” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for perfil is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾˈfil]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,616 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for perfil, with forms such as "eprfil", "pefril", and "perffil". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Persia", "perdí", "peral", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is perfil, spelled P-E-R-F-I-L.
Definition
- 1Línea representativa del contorno de una figura y el mismo contorno.
- 2Contorno del semblante de una persona visto de lado, y su delineación.
- 3Delineación lineal según la altura y latitud de un cuerpo.
- 4Cada una de las partes o líneas más delgadas de que se compone la letra.
- 5Cada una de las rayas delgadas que se hacen con la pluma llevada de canto, como ejercicio para aprender a escribir.
- 6Adorno sutil y delicado, especialmente el que se pone al canto o extremo de una cosa.
- 7Postura en que no se deja ver sino una sola de las dos mitades laterales del cuerpo.
- 8Figura que presenta un cuerpo cortado real o imaginariamente por un plano vertical.
- 9Figura o superficie que se obtiene de cortar transversalmente a una barra de acero, que, junto con el tipo de material, define sus propiedades mecánicas fundamentales.
- 10Barra de acero con un perfil₉ específico extruido.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eprfil,pefril,perffil,perfill,perfli,perifl,perrfil,pperfil,prefil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perfil - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “perfil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-R-F-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peɾˈfil] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Persia” - see the side-by-side comparison. perfil vs Persia
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.