infanta
/ɪnˈfantə/
"infanta" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infanta” is uncommon English (frequency #73,295 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,295
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infanta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈfantə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “infanta” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
infanta is uncommon English at frequency #73,295 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈfantə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for infanta, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante. The correct English form is infanta, spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1The daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “infanta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-F-A-N-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.