# infraction

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈfɹakʃən/ · frequency rank #32,865

## Definitions
1. A minor offence, petty crime.
2. A violation; breach.
3. A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.

## Etymology
From Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

## Easily confused with
- **interaction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infraction-vs-interaction)
- **inaction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inaction-vs-infraction)
- **infection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infection-vs-infraction)
- **inflation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inflation-vs-infraction)
- **inflection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inflection-vs-infraction)
- **infarction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infarction-vs-infraction)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ifnraction`, `inffraction`, `infracction`, `infraciton`, `infracsion`, `infractino`, `infractionn`, `infractoin`, `infracttion`, `infratcion`, `infrcation`, `infrraction`, `innfraction`, `inrfaction`, `nifraction`

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