infinite
in·fi·nite/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/adjective, number, noun
infinite is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-E, 3 syllables: in·fi·nite. The wrong spelling people search most is infinte: about 550 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 18 of all searches for the word. Infinite is an adjective meaning “Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense”.
How many letters and syllables are in infinite?
| Letters | 8: I-N-F-I-N-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: in·fi·nite |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, infinte, about 550 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell infinite?
Infinite is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-E. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for infinite in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is infinite?
Infinite appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce infinite?
- UK /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/
- US /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/
- US /ˈɪnfənɪt/
Infinite has 3 syllables, split in·fi·nite in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-infinite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of infinite
- more infinite comparative
- most infinite superlative
- infinites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does infinite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- 2
Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
- 3
Infinitely many.
- 4
Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
- 5
Having infinitely many elements.
- 6
Not limited by person or number.
- 7
Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
number
- 1
Infinitely many.
noun
- 1
Something that is infinite in nature.
- 2
A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate infinite?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of infinite: infin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Infinite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | infini , un nombre infini de |
| German | unendlich, endlos, unzählige , unbegrenzt |
| Portuguese | infinito |
| Spanish | infinito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does infinite come from?
From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).