infatuation
"infatuation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infatuation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,862
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-infatuation · infatuation · English
infatuation · rank #32,862 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,862
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH infatuated
Nearest frequency peer: infatuated (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “infatuation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- inductive
inductive
67,142 corpus weight
- inevitabili…
inevitability
67,141 corpus weight
- infatuated
infatuated
67,140 corpus weight
- infatuation
infatuation
67,139 corpus weight
- infighting
infighting
67,138 corpus weight
- infra
infra
67,137 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “infatuation” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infatuation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #32,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “infatuation” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around infatuation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,862 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for infatuation, with forms such as "ifnatuation", "inaftuation", and "infataution". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 infatuation, spelled I-N-F-A-T-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
- 2The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness.
- 3Something which infatuates.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ifnatuation
- inaftuation
- infataution
- infattuation
- infatuaiton
- infatuasion
- infatuatino
- infatuationn
- infatuatoin
- infatuattion
- infatutaion
- infautation
- inffatuation
- inftauation
- innfatuation
- nifatuation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infatuation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infatuation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.