profano

adj

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The verdict

“profano” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,599
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caracterizado por irreverência em relação a Deus e às coisas sagradas

Corpus desk

Index PT-profano · profano · Portuguese

profano · rank #36,599 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,599
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH quilómetro

Nearest frequency peer: quilómetro (+11 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “profano”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “profano” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

profano vs profundo
75% similar
profano vs profa
71% similar

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

Key facts for profano
PropertyValue
Headwordprofano
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,599
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “profano”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).profanocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “quilómetro” (#36,610), “ranço” (#36,613), “rebentar” (#36,614). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “profano” fica em #36,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around profano, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,599 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for profano, with forms such as "porfano", "pprofano", and "prfoano". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "profundo", "profa", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is profano, spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    caracterizado por irreverência em relação a Deus e às coisas sagradas
  2. 2
    contrário ao respeito devido à religião; herético
  3. 3
    não devotado ao que é sagrado ou religioso; irreligioso; mundano
  4. 4
    que não é sagrado
  5. 5
    estranho à religião; que não trata de religião; pagão
  6. 6
    que não pertence à classe eclesiástica; não monástico; secular
  7. 7
    não iniciado nos ritos ou mistérios religiosos; leigo
  8. 8
    que não tem ilustração; vulgar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ou como faz Carlos Heitor Cony, autor profano e confessadamente agnóstico, opinando que o crucifixo adverte os juízes, em linguagem dramática, que a justiça pode ser falível.
  2. Os ritos profanos dos indígenas intrigaram o cientista.

Antonyms

sagrado

This word in other languages

profane(English)profano(Español)profane(Français)profan(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfano
  • pprofano
  • prfoano
  • proafno
  • profanno
  • profaon
  • proffano
  • profnao
  • prrofano
  • rpofano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porfano2pprofano1prfoano2proafno2profanno1profaon2proffano1profnao2
Edit distance from "profano"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profano"?
"profano" is spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-O.
What does "profano" mean?
As an adjective, "profano" means: caracterizado por irreverência em relação a Deus e às coisas sagradas
What words are commonly confused with "profano"?
"profano" is commonly confused with "profundo", "profa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "profano" come from?
"profano" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pelagem#36,578revelia#36,638mordaça#36,556mixagem#36,553

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

maçarico10 variantstalhada10 variantsmalhado10 variantsherdade10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list