Which to use
“profil” and “profits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,241
- “profil” frequency rank
- #6,873
- “profits” frequency rank
- 9114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profil | profits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contour, ligne du visage d’une personne, d’un animal ou d’une chose, vu de côté. | Pluriel de profit. |
Where the eye mixes profil and profits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: profil vs profits
A purely visual mix-up. profil (\pʁɔ.fil\) and profits (\pʁɔ.fi\) 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 9114, 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\. profits is at rank #6,873, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fi\.
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 9114, this pair ranks #417,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of profil vs profits
Shared letters: fiopr. Private to "profil": l. Private to "profits": st.
"profil" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "profits" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "profil" for "profits" ever safe?
Frequency check: "profil" vs "profits" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "profil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "profits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profil" and "profits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profil vs profiler". 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 #417,750 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.