profesora
[pɾofeˈsoɾa]
The verdict
“profesora” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,584 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,584
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del singular femenino de profesor.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | profesora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾofeˈsoɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “profesora” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for profesora is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for profesora, with forms such as "porfesora", "pprofesora", and "prfoesora". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "professor", "profesores", "profesoras", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is profesora, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Forma 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of profesora - 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.
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.
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Using “profesora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-F-E-S-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾofeˈsoɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “professor” - see the side-by-side comparison. profesora vs professor
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.