infomercial
/ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/
"infomercial" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infomercial” is uncommon English (frequency #51,180 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,180
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infomercial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “infomercial” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
infomercial is uncommon English at frequency #51,180 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.".
infomercial has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of information + commercial. The correct English form is infomercial, spelled I-N-F-O-M-E-R-C-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
Etymology
Blend of information + commercial.
This word in other languages
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 “infomercial”
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- The one correct English spelling is I-N-F-O-M-E-R-C-I-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.