prof

\pʁɔf\

/\pʁɔf\/ noun

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The verdict

“prof” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,848
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Professeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prof · prof · French

prof · rank #2,848 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,848
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH procureur

Nearest frequency peer: procureur (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « prof »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « prof » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

prof vs puf
50% similar
prof vs pros
75% similar
prof vs prou
75% similar

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

Key facts for prof
PropertyValue
Headwordprof
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔf\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,848
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prof »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.profse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « procureur » (#2,847), « pré » (#2,849), « positif » (#2,846). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prof » est au #2,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around prof (IPA \pʁɔf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,848 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Professeur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for prof, with forms such as "porf", "pprof", and "prfo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puf", "pros", "prou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 French form is prof, spelled P-R-O-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Professeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how prof appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Prof, le mot qui ploufe comme un caillou dans une flaque, femmes victorieuses, reines des classes, adorées ou haïes, jamais insignifiantes, je ne me pose pas encore la question de savoir à laquelle je ressemblerai.
  2. — Non, dit Gabel. Vous avez oublié la perte de mon pucelage à quinze ans et demi avec ma prof de musique et la tache de vin qui me décore la fesse gauche !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porf
  • pprof
  • prfo
  • proff
  • prrof
  • rpof

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prof - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porf2pprof1prfo2proff1prrof1rpof2
Edit distance from "prof"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prof"?
"prof" is spelled P-R-O-F. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔf\.
What does "prof" mean?
As a noun, "prof" means: Professeur.
What words are commonly confused with "prof"?
"prof" is commonly confused with "puf", "pros", "prou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prof"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prof" is \pʁɔf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prof" come from?
"prof" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

show#2,852abus#2,860luxe#2,834love#2,833

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

noter6 variantsvague6 variantsessais6 variantsfuite6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list