profits

\pʁɔ.fi\

/\pʁɔ.fi\/ noun

The verdict

“profits” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,873
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-profits · profits · French

profits · rank #6,873 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,873
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prochainement

Nearest frequency peer: prochainement (-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 « profits »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « profits » 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).

profits vs profs
71% similar
profits vs promis
71% similar
profits vs proies
71% similar

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

Key facts for profits
PropertyValue
Headwordprofits
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.fi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,873
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « profits »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).profitsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prochainement » (#6,872), « proie » (#6,874), « priorités » (#6,871). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « profits » est au #6,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around profits (IPA \pʁɔ.fi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,873 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de profit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for profits, with forms such as "porfits", "pprofits", and "prfoits". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "profs", "promis", "proies", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is profits, spelled P-R-O-F-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de profit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je l’entraînai loin des oreilles indiscrètes et lui expliquai qu’elle pourrait rester ici, bossailler dans les spermes clapotants, répandre des boissons et des faux parfums, pour ses plus extraordinaires profits : « Certain qu’elle va te rapporter pendant au moins trois ans ! »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfits
  • pprofits
  • prfoits
  • proffits
  • profist
  • profitss
  • profitts
  • proftis
  • proifts
  • prrofits
  • rpofits

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of profits - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

porfits2pprofits1prfoits2proffits1profist2profitss1profitts1proftis2
Edit distance from "profits"

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 "profits"?
"profits" is spelled P-R-O-F-I-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.fi\.
What does "profits" mean?
As a noun, "profits" means: Pluriel de profit.
What words are commonly confused with "profits"?
"profits" is commonly confused with "profs", "promis", "proies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profits"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profits" is \pʁɔ.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profits" come from?
"profits" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list