profesor

/[pɾofeˈsoɾ]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#947

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

profesor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que enseña una disciplina específica en el nivel secundario o superior. Pronounced [pɾofeˈsoɾ]. It ranks #947 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with profesora and professor.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for profesor is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾofeˈsoɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #947 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que enseña una disciplina específica en el nivel secundario o superior.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for profesor, with forms such as "porfesor", "pprofesor", and "prfoesor". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "profesora", "professor", "profesores", 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 profesor, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-O-R, 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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfesor,pprofesor,prfoesor,proefsor,profeosr,profesorr,profesro,proffesor,profseor,prrofesor,rpofesor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for profesor

Misspelling Variants of "profesor"

porfesor8pprofesor9prfoesor8proefsor8profeosr8profesorr9profesro8proffesor9
Misspelling Variants of "profesor"

Frequency rank: #947 in Spanish

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?
"profesor" 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.