Which to use
“profile” is a verb and “profils” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,529
- “profile” frequency rank
- #8,291
- “profils” frequency rank
- 25820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profile | profils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de profiler. | Pluriel de profil. |
Same sound, different letters: profile vs profils
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. profile (CCVCVCV) and profils (CCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: profile vs profils
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: profile and profils carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.fil\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “profile” becomes s in “profils”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
profile is recorded at frequency rank #17,529, classified as averb, 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 25820, this pair ranks #338,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of profile vs profils
Shared letters: filopr. Private to "profile": e. Private to "profils": s.
"profile" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "profils" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "profile" and "profils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "profile" or "profils"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "profile" / "profils". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "profile" 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 #338,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profile" and "profils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proféré vs profile". 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 #338,682 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.