infringer
/ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒəɹ/
"infringer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infringer” is uncommon English (frequency #93,830 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,830
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who infringes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-infringer · infringer · English
infringer · rank #93,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,830
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH infectivity
Nearest frequency peer: infectivity (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “infringer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- immunogenic…
immunogenicity
6,176 corpus weight
- indicia
indicia
6,173 corpus weight
- infectivity
infectivity
6,172 corpus weight
- infringer
infringer
6,171 corpus weight
- intermezzo
intermezzo
6,169 corpus weight
- interprovin…
interprovincial
6,167 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “infringer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infringer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒəɹ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “infringer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
infringer is uncommon English at frequency #93,830 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who infringes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for infringer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: From infringe + -er. The correct English form is infringer, spelled I-N-F-R-I-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who infringes.
Etymology
From infringe + -er.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).