profesora

/[pɾofeˈsoɾa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,584

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

profesora is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del singular femenino de profesor. Pronounced [pɾofeˈsoɾa]. It ranks #3,584 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with professor and profesores.

Key facts for profesora
PropertyValue
Headwordprofesora
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾofeˈsoɾa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,584
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for profesora is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾofeˈsoɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,584 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del singular femenino de profesor.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for profesora, with forms such as "porfesora", "pprofesora", and "prfoesora". 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, "professor", "profesores", "profesoras", 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 profesora, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-O-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del singular femenino de profesor.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfesora,pprofesora,prfoesora,proefsora,profeosra,profesoar,profesorra,profesroa,professora,proffesora,profseora,prrofesora,rpofesora

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for profesora

Misspelling Variants of "profesora"

porfesora9pprofesora10prfoesora9proefsora9profeosra9profesoar9profesorra10profesroa9
Misspelling Variants of "profesora"

Frequency rank: #3,584 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profesora"?
"profesora" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾofeˈsoɾa].
What does "profesora" mean?
As a noun, "profesora" means: Forma del singular femenino de profesor.
What words are commonly confused with "profesora"?
"profesora" is commonly confused with "professor", "profesores", "profesoras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profesora"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profesora" is [pɾofeˈsoɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profesora" come from?
"profesora" 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.