Which to use
“profil” and “profils” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,241
- “profil” frequency rank
- #8,291
- “profils” frequency rank
- 10532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profil | profils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contour, ligne du visage d’une personne, d’un animal ou d’une chose, vu de côté. | Pluriel de profil. |
Same sound, different letters: profil vs profils
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - profil / profils
This is the hard kind. profil and profils are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.fil\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “profil” sits inside “profils”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
profil is recorded at frequency rank #2,241, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fil\. profils is at rank #8,291, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fil\.
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 10532, this pair ranks #412,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of profil vs profils
Shared letters: filopr. Private to "profil": -. Private to "profils": s.
"profil" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "profils" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "profil" and "profils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "profil" or "profils"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "profil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "profils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profil" and "profils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profiler vs profils". 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 #412,636 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.