Which to use
“profession” and “profusion” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,791
- “profession” frequency rank
- #26,832
- “profusion” frequency rank
- 30623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profession | profusion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déclaration publique d’un sentiment habituel. | Grande abondance. |
Where the eye mixes profession and profusion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses profession with profusion
A purely visual mix-up. profession (\pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\) and profusion (\pʁɔ.fy.zjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
profession is recorded at frequency rank #3,791, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\. profusion is at rank #26,832, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fy.zjɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30623, this pair ranks #309,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of profession vs profusion
Shared letters: finoprs. Private to "profession": e. Private to "profusion": u.
"profession" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "profusion" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- profession ← porfession · pprofession · prfoession · proefssion · profesion · profesison · professino · professionn
- profusion ← porfusion · pprofusion · prfousion · proffusion · profsuion · profuison · profusino · profusionn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "profession" for "profusion" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "profession" or "profusion" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "profession" and "profusion" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "profession" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "profusion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profession" and "profusion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perfusion vs profusion". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #309,041 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.