infield
/ˈɪnfiːld/
"infield" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infield” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,595
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The area inside a racetrack or running track.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infield |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪnfiːld/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “infield” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around infield (IPA /ˈɪnfiːld/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,595 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for infield, with forms such as "ifnield", "infeild", and "inffield". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "infill", "infielder", "infidel", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + field. The correct English form is infield, spelled I-N-F-I-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1The area inside a racetrack or running track.
- 2A constrained scope or area.
- 3An area to cultivate: a field
- 4The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- 5(as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
- 6The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
Etymology
From in- + field.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ifnield,infeild,inffield,infiedl,infieldd,infielld,infiled,inifeld,innfield,nifield
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infield - 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.
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 “infield”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-F-I-E-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɪnfiːld/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “infill” - see the side-by-side comparison. infield vs infill
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.