# infantry vs infants

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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).

### infants
*noun · frequency rank #10,226*
plural of infant

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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