# infinitive

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/ · frequency rank #48,820

## Definitions
1. The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
2. A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
3. A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.

## Etymology
From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.

## Easily confused with
- **infinite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infinite-vs-infinitive)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ifninitive`, `inffinitive`, `infiintive`, `infiniitve`, `infinitiev`, `infinitivve`, `infinittive`, `infinitvie`, `infinnitive`, `infintiive`, `infniitive`, `inifnitive`, `innfinitive`, `nifinitive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/infinitive