profil

\pʁɔ.fil\

/\pʁɔ.fil\/ noun

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The verdict

“profil” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,241. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,241
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contour, ligne du visage d’une personne, d’un animal ou d’une chose, vu de côté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-profil · profil · French

profil · rank #2,241 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,241
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH professionnels

Nearest frequency peer: professionnels (-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 « profil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « profil » 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).

profil vs profs
67% similar
profil vs proie
67% similar
profil vs profit
83% similar

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

Key facts for profil
PropertyValue
Headwordprofil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.fil\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,241
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « profil »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).profilse 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 « professionnels » (#2,240), « proposer » (#2,242), « pourront » (#2,239). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « profil » est au #2,241. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around profil (IPA \pʁɔ.fil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,241 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for profil, with forms such as "porfil", "pprofil", and "prfoil". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "profs", "proie", "profit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is profil, spelled P-R-O-F-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contour, ligne du visage d’une personne, d’un animal ou d’une chose, vu de côté.
  2. 2
    Traits caractéristiques, en particulier psychologiques, d’une personne.
  3. 3
    Coupe, aspect, représentation d’une chose, vue d’un de ses côtés.
  4. 4
    Coupe, aspect, représentation d’une chose, vue d’un de ses côtés.
  5. 5
    Coupe, aspect, représentation d’une chose, vue d’un de ses côtés.
  6. 6
    Coupe, aspect, représentation d’une chose, vue d’un de ses côtés.
  7. 7
    Configuration, graphe d’une situation.
  8. 8
    Page Web que l’on trouve sur plusieurs plateformes sociales qui décrit un utilisateur ou une utilisatrice. Le profil contient généralement un identifiant, un texte descriptif, une photo, une bannière, un lien hypertexte et des publications sociales.
  9. 9
    Par extension, personne

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’image est toujours en moi de son œil éclatant, de son profil pur et fier.
  2. La façade était peinte en blanc et les arêtes de la corniche se rehaussaient d’un filet rouge qui en accentuait le profil.

Synonyms

contoursilhouette

Antonyms

faceplan

This word in other languages

profile(English)perfil(Español)Querschnitt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfil
  • pprofil
  • prfoil
  • proffil
  • profill
  • profli
  • proifl
  • prrofil
  • rpofil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porfil2pprofil1prfoil2proffil1profill1profli2proifl2prrofil1
Edit distance from "profil"

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 "profil"?
"profil" is spelled P-R-O-F-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.fil\.
What does "profil" mean?
As a noun, "profil" means: Contour, ligne du visage d’une personne, d’un animal ou d’une chose, vu de côté.
What words are commonly confused with "profil"?
"profil" is commonly confused with "profs", "proie", "profit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profil" is \pʁɔ.fil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profil" come from?
"profil" 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 "profil", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

record#2,244savait#2,249unités#2,254ennemi#2,223

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

inutile9 variantsaspect9 variantsalliance9 variantsgentil9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list