infanticide

/ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/

//ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd// noun

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"infanticide" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“infanticide” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,707
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The murder of an infant.

Corpus desk

Index EN-infanticide · infanticide · English

infanticide · rank #43,707 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,707
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH industrialised

Nearest frequency peer: industrialised (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “infanticide”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “infanticide” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for infanticide
PropertyValue
Headwordinfanticide
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/
Letters11
Frequency rank#43,707
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “infanticide”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).infanticidelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “industrialised” (#43,706), “Indore” (#43,705), “Ingraham” (#43,709). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “infanticide” is #43,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around infanticide (IPA /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,707 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for infanticide, with forms such as "ifnanticide", "inafnticide", and "infanitcide". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide. The correct English form is infanticide, spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-I-C-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The murder of an infant.
  2. 2
    The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
  3. 3
    The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
  4. 4
    The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how infanticide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant.
  2. A recent government survey shows that 65 per cent of the families in Japan today are nuclear families, and a report on infanticide published this year by the Criminal Sience Club of Chuo University here indicates that eight out of ten infanticides today occur in nuclear families.

Etymology

From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.

This word in other languages

infanticidio(Español)infanticide(Français)Infantizid(Deutsch)infanticídio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnanticide
  • inafnticide
  • infanitcide
  • infannticide
  • infantciide
  • infanticcide
  • infanticdie
  • infanticidde
  • infanticied
  • infantiicde
  • infantticide
  • infatnicide
  • inffanticide
  • infnaticide
  • innfanticide
  • nifanticide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infanticide - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ifnanticide2inafnticide2infanitcide2infannticide1infantciide2infanticcide1infanticdie2infanticidde1
Edit distance from "infanticide"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infanticide"?
"infanticide" is spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-I-C-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/.
What does "infanticide" mean?
As a noun, "infanticide" means: The murder of an infant.
What are common misspellings of "infanticide"?
Common misspellings include "ifnanticide", "inafnticide", "infanitcide", "infannticide", "infantciide". The correct spelling is "infanticide".
How do you pronounce "infanticide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infanticide" is /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "infanticide"?
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infanticide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list