professor

/pɾu.ʃɨ.ˈsoɾ/

//pɾu.ʃɨ.ˈsoɾ// noun

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The verdict

“professor” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#588
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que tem por profissão ensinar

Corpus desk

Index PT-professor · professor · Portuguese

professor · rank #588 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #588
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH presente

Nearest frequency peer: presente (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “professor”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “professor” 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).

professor vs promissor
78% similar
professor vs processo
78% similar

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

Key facts for professor
PropertyValue
Headwordprofessor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɾu.ʃɨ.ˈsoɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#588
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “professor”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.professorcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “presente” (#587), “quarto” (#589), “seguir” (#590). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “professor” fica em #588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around professor (IPA /pɾu.ʃɨ.ˈsoɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #588 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for professor, with forms such as "porfessor", "pprofessor", and "prfoessor". 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, "promissor", "processo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is professor, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que tem por profissão ensinar
  2. 2
    mestre
  3. 3
    magister

Synonyms

fessor

This word in other languages

teacher(English)maestro(Español)maître(Français)Lehrer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfessor
  • pprofessor
  • prfoessor
  • proefssor
  • profesor
  • profesosr
  • professorr
  • professro
  • proffessor
  • profsesor
  • prrofessor
  • rpofessor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porfessor2pprofessor1prfoessor2proefssor2profesor1profesosr2professorr1professro2
Edit distance from "professor"

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 "professor"?
"professor" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾu.ʃɨ.ˈsoɾ/.
What does "professor" mean?
As a noun, "professor" means: pessoa que tem por profissão ensinar
What words are commonly confused with "professor"?
"professor" is commonly confused with "promissor", "processo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "professor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "professor" is /pɾu.ʃɨ.ˈsoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "professor" come from?
"professor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trabalhar#575movimento#607fevereiro#616português#541

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

presente12 variantsnovembro12 variantsdezembro12 variantscontrole12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list