infam
[ɪnˈfaːm]
The verdict
“infam” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - niederträchtig, abscheulich, böswillig, bösartig
Corpus desk
Index DE-infam · infam · German
infam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪnˈfaːm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „infam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
infam is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnˈfaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
infam doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is infam, spelled I-N-F-A-M.
Definition
- 1niederträchtig, abscheulich, böswillig, bösartig
- 2fürchterlich, stark; sehr
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how infam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dies war wieder eine seiner infamen Lügen.
„Darwin legte viele Symptome eines Schuldgefühls an den Tag, weil er Wallace so infam die Leibwäsche vom Körper gezogen hatte.“
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.