professar
/pɾu.fɨ.ˈsaɾ/
The verdict
“professar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,812 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,812
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reconhecer publicamente, confessar
Corpus desk
Index PT-professar · professar · Portuguese
professar · rank #69,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,812
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH profetizar
Nearest frequency peer: profetizar (+1 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “professar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- perambular
perambular
30,209 corpus weight
- polifonia
polifonia
30,199 corpus weight
- prestável
prestável
30,194 corpus weight
- professar
professar
30,189 corpus weight
- profetizar
profetizar
30,188 corpus weight
- rance
rance
30,175 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “professar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | professar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɾu.fɨ.ˈsaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “professar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
professar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,812 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɾu.fɨ.ˈsaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for professar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is professar, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1reconhecer publicamente, confessar
- 2apregoar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how professar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
aparte-se da injustiça todo aquele que professa o nome do Senhor
This word in other languages
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.
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