infrequently
/ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/
"infrequently" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infrequently” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,957. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,957
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not frequently.
Corpus desk
Index EN-infrequently · infrequently · English
infrequently · rank #28,957 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #28,957
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH infernal
Nearest frequency peer: infernal (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “infrequently”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- indiscrimin…
indiscriminate
71,047 corpus weight
- individuali…
individualism
71,046 corpus weight
- infernal
infernal
71,045 corpus weight
- infrequently
infrequently
71,044 corpus weight
- instill
instill
71,043 corpus weight
- invalidate
invalidate
71,042 corpus weight
What this shows “infrequently” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | infrequently |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #28,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “infrequently”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around infrequently (IPA /ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #28,957 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not frequently.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for infrequently, with forms such as "ifnrequently", "inferquently", and "inffrequently". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "infrequent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From infrequent + -ly or in- + frequently. The correct English form is infrequently, spelled I-N-F-R-E-Q-U-E-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Not frequently.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how infrequently appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from…
Etymology
From infrequent + -ly or in- + frequently.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ifnrequently
- inferquently
- inffrequently
- infreqeuntly
- infreqquently
- infrequenlty
- infrequenntly
- infrequentlly
- infrequentlyy
- infrequenttly
- infrequentyl
- infrequetnly
- infrequnetly
- infreuqently
- infrqeuently
- infrrequently
- innfrequently
- inrfequently
- nifrequently
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infrequently - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infrequently", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).