perfil

/[peɾˈfil]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,616

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

perfil is aSpanishnoun. It means: Línea representativa del contorno de una figura y el mismo contorno. Pronounced [peɾˈfil]. It ranks #1,616 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Persia and perdí.

Key facts for perfil
PropertyValue
Headwordperfil
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peɾˈfil]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,616
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perfil in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for perfil is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for perfil, with forms such as "eprfil", "pefril", and "perffil". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Persia", "perdí", "peral", 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 Spanish form is perfil, spelled P-E-R-F-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Línea representativa del contorno de una figura y el mismo contorno.
  2. 2
    Contorno del semblante de una persona visto de lado, y su delineación.
  3. 3
    Delineación lineal según la altura y latitud de un cuerpo.
  4. 4
    Cada una de las partes o líneas más delgadas de que se compone la letra.
  5. 5
    Cada una de las rayas delgadas que se hacen con la pluma llevada de canto, como ejercicio para aprender a escribir.
  6. 6
    Adorno sutil y delicado, especialmente el que se pone al canto o extremo de una cosa.
  7. 7
    Postura en que no se deja ver sino una sola de las dos mitades laterales del cuerpo.
  8. 8
    Figura que presenta un cuerpo cortado real o imaginariamente por un plano vertical.
  9. 9
    Figura 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.
  10. 10
    Barra 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perfil

Misspelling Variants of "perfil"

eprfil6pefril6perffil7perfill7perfli6perifl6perrfil7pperfil7
Misspelling Variants of "perfil"

Frequency rank: #1,616 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perfil"?
"perfil" is spelled P-E-R-F-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾˈfil].
What does "perfil" mean?
As a noun, "perfil" means: Línea representativa del contorno de una figura y el mismo contorno.
What words are commonly confused with "perfil"?
"perfil" is commonly confused with "Persia", "perdí", "peral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perfil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perfil" is [peɾˈfil]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perfil" come from?
"perfil" is a Spanish 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.