profession

\pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“profession” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,791
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déclaration publique d’un sentiment habituel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-profession · profession · French

profession · rank #3,791 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,791
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH producteurs

Nearest frequency peer: producteurs (-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 « profession »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « profession » 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).

profession vs profusion
80% similar
profession vs propension
80% similar
profession vs progression
82% similar

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

Key facts for profession
PropertyValue
Headwordprofession
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,791
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « profession »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).professionse 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 « producteurs » (#3,790), « profonde » (#3,792), « prière » (#3,789). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « profession » est au #3,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around profession (IPA \pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,791 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for profession, with forms such as "porfession", "pprofession", and "prfoession". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "profusion", "propension", "progression", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is profession, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déclaration publique d’un sentiment habituel.
  2. 2
    Déclaration de principes philosophiques, sociaux, littéraires, artistiques.
  3. 3
    Écrit dans lequel un candidat à la députation ou à quelque siège électif expose ses opinions politiques et sociales.
  4. 4
    Acte par lequel un religieux ou une religieuse fait les vœux de religion, après que le temps de son noviciat est expiré.
  5. 5
    Carrière, état ou emploi dans la vie civile ou militaire.
  6. 6
    Ensemble des professionnels d'un même métier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les sentiments dont il fait profession.
  2. Il fait profession de principes fort sévères, fort relâchés.

This word in other languages

profession(English)profesión(Español)Beruf(Deutsch)profissão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfession
  • pprofession
  • prfoession
  • proefssion
  • profesion
  • profesison
  • professino
  • professionn
  • professoin
  • proffession
  • profsesion
  • prrofession
  • rpofession

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of profession - 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.

porfession2pprofession1prfoession2proefssion2profesion1profesison2professino2professionn1
Edit distance from "profession"

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 "profession"?
"profession" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "profession" mean?
As a noun, "profession" means: Déclaration publique d’un sentiment habituel.
What words are commonly confused with "profession"?
"profession" is commonly confused with "profusion", "propension", "progression". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profession"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profession" is \pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profession" come from?
"profession" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parisienne#3,784olympiques#3,782accessible#3,817collective#3,742

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

plastique13 variantsremplacé13 variantslivraison13 variantsinférieur13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list