profesor

[pɾofeˈsoɾ]

/[pɾofeˈsoɾ]/ noun

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The verdict

“profesor” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #947. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#947
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que enseña una disciplina específica en el nivel secundario o superior.

Corpus desk

Index ES-profesor · profesor · Spanish

profesor · rank #947 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #947
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH presencia

Nearest frequency peer: presencia (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “profesor”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “profesor” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

profesor vs profesora
89% similar
profesor vs professor
89% similar
profesor vs profesores
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for profesor
PropertyValue
Headwordprofesor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾofeˈsoɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#947
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “profesor”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.profesorcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “presencia” (#946), “quizás” (#948), “post” (#945). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “profesor” va en #947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around profesor (IPA [pɾofeˈsoɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #947 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Persona que enseña una disciplina específica en el nivel secundario o superior.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for profesor, with forms such as "porfesor", "pprofesor", and "prfoesor". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "profesora", "professor", "profesores", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is profesor, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-O-R.

Definition

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

Synonyms

docentepedagogoprofe

This word in other languages

professor(English)professeur(Français)Professor(Deutsch)professor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfesor
  • pprofesor
  • prfoesor
  • proefsor
  • profeosr
  • profesorr
  • profesro
  • proffesor
  • profseor
  • prrofesor
  • rpofesor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of profesor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

porfesor2pprofesor1prfoesor2proefsor2profeosr2profesorr1profesro2proffesor1
Edit distance from "profesor"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "profesor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cuestión#962escribir#964análisis#929española#965

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

debemos11 variantssabemos11 variantscambios11 variantsgustaría11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list