infants

noun

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"infants" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“infants” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,226
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of infant

Corpus desk

Index EN-infants · infants · English

infants · rank #10,226 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,226
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hugo

Nearest frequency peer: Hugo (-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 “infants”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “infants” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

infants vs infant
86% similar
infants vs infancy
71% similar
infants vs infantry
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for infants
PropertyValue
Headwordinfants
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,226
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “infants”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).infantslands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Hugo” (#10,225), “insect” (#10,227), “horrific” (#10,224). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “infants” is #10,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around infants, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,226 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for infants, with forms such as "ifnants", "inafnts", and "infannts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "infant", "infancy", "infantry", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is infants, spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of infant
  2. 2
    The section of a primary school for the education of younger children, typically the classes of reception or kindergarten and years (grades) one and two.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Near-synonym: infant school
  2. It was around the time I moved from infants to juniors, which was based in a different building, so it felt like going to big school.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnants
  • inafnts
  • infannts
  • infanst
  • infantss
  • infantts
  • infatns
  • inffants
  • infnats
  • innfants
  • nifants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infants - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ifnants2inafnts2infannts1infanst2infantss1infantts1infatns2inffants1
Edit distance from "infants"

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 "infants"?
"infants" is spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-S.
What does "infants" mean?
As a noun, "infants" means: plural of infant
What words are commonly confused with "infants"?
"infants" is commonly confused with "infant", "infancy", "infantry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "infants" come from?
"infants" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Gardner11 variantsformats11 variantsPatricia11 variantsdementia11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list