profe

/[ˈpɾofe]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,520

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

profe is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que enseña una disciplina específica en el nivel secundario o superior. Pronounced [ˈpɾofe]. It ranks #9,520 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with PSOE and pros.

Key facts for profe
PropertyValue
Headwordprofe
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɾofe]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,520
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for profe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɾofe]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,520 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que enseña una disciplina específica en el nivel secundario o superior.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for profe, with forms such as "porfe", "pprofe", and "prfoe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PSOE", "pros", "prov", 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 profe, spelled P-R-O-F-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que enseña una disciplina específica en el nivel secundario o superior.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfe,pprofe,prfoe,proef,proffe,prrofe,rpofe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for profe

Misspelling Variants of "profe"

porfe5pprofe6prfoe5proef5proffe6prrofe6rpofe5
Misspelling Variants of "profe"

Frequency rank: #9,520 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profe"?
"profe" is spelled P-R-O-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɾofe].
What does "profe" mean?
As a noun, "profe" means: Persona que enseña una disciplina específica en el nivel secundario o superior.
What words are commonly confused with "profe"?
"profe" is commonly confused with "PSOE", "pros", "prov". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profe" is [ˈpɾofe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profe" come from?
"profe" 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.