# infant vs infantry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### infant
*noun · IPA /ˈɪn.fənt/ · frequency rank #7,236*
A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.

### infantry
*noun · IPA /ˈɪnfəntɹi/ · frequency rank #7,569*
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infant-vs-infantry