profanar
[pɾofaˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“profanar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,146 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,146
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tratar indignamente o irrespetuosamente a algo sagrado o respetable.
Corpus desk
Index ES-profanar · profanar · Spanish
profanar · rank #55,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,146
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH produjeran
Nearest frequency peer: produjeran (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “profanar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- privatizado
privatizado
44,857 corpus weight
- produjeran
produjeran
44,856 corpus weight
- profanar
profanar
44,855 corpus weight
- promocionó
promocionó
44,854 corpus weight
- pronuncio
pronuncio
44,853 corpus weight
- propusiera
propusiera
44,852 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “profanar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | profanar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾofaˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “profanar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
profanar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,146 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾofaˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
profanar has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is profanar, spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Tratar indignamente o irrespetuosamente a algo sagrado o respetable.
- 2Alterar el estado, físico o psíquico de una persona.
This word in other languages
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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