profesional

/[pɾofesjoˈnal]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,044

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

profesional is anSpanishadj. It means: Propio o relativo a una profesión. Pronounced [pɾofesjoˈnal]. It ranks #1,044 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with provisional and profesiones.

Key facts for profesional
PropertyValue
Headwordprofesional
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pɾofesjoˈnal]
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,044
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for profesional is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾofesjoˈnal]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,044 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for profesional, with forms such as "porfesional", "pprofesional", and "prfoesional". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "provisional", "profesiones", "professional", 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 profesional, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-I-O-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propio o relativo a una profesión.
  2. 2
    Dícese de la actividad o trabajo efectuado con gran precisión y esmero.
  3. 3
    Dícese de la persona que hace un trabajo de gran calidad.
  4. 4
    Dícese de la persona experta que domina una profesión de forma apropiada, correcta o completamente; por medio de métodos correctmente establecidos resultando en alta calidad o desempeño.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfesional,pprofesional,prfoesional,proefsional,profecional,profeisonal,profesinoal,profesioanl,profesionall,profesionla,profesionnal,profesoinal,proffesional,profseional,prrofesional,rpofesional

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for profesional

Misspelling Variants of "profesional"

porfesional11pprofesional12prfoesional11proefsional11profecional11profeisonal11profesinoal11profesioanl11
Misspelling Variants of "profesional"

Frequency rank: #1,044 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profesional"?
"profesional" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-I-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾofesjoˈnal].
What does "profesional" mean?
As an adj, "profesional" means: Propio o relativo a una profesión.
What words are commonly confused with "profesional"?
"profesional" is commonly confused with "provisional", "profesiones", "professional". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profesional"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profesional" is [pɾofesjoˈnal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profesional" come from?
"profesional" 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.