infamen

/[ɪnˈfaːmən]/ adj

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The verdict

“infamen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs infam

Key facts for infamen
PropertyValue
Headwordinfamen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪnˈfaːmən]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “infamen” sits in German frequency

infamen falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for infamen is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnˈfaːmən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for infamen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is infamen, spelled I-N-F-A-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  12. 12
    Plural der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs infam
  20. 20
    Plural der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs infam

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infamen"?
"infamen" is spelled I-N-F-A-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnˈfaːmən].
What does "infamen" mean?
As an adjective, "infamen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs infam
How do you pronounce "infamen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infamen" is [ɪnˈfaːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infamen" come from?
"infamen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “infamen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-N-F-A-M-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɪnˈfaːmən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.