infanta
/ɪnˈfantə/
"infanta" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infanta” is uncommon English (frequency #73,295 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,295
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-infanta · infanta · English
infanta · rank #73,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,295
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incredulously
Nearest frequency peer: incredulously (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “infanta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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immunofluorescence
26,711 corpus weight
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impale
26,710 corpus weight
- impoundment
impoundment
26,709 corpus weight
- incisor
incisor
26,708 corpus weight
- incredulous…
incredulously
26,707 corpus weight
- infanta
infanta
26,706 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “infanta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “infanta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
infanta is uncommon English at frequency #73,295 among 2,140 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how infanta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain.
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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