infamia

[ĩɱˈfamja]

/[ĩɱˈfamja]/ noun

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The verdict

“infamia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,648
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disminución o pérdida en la reputación o la honra de una persona.

Corpus desk

Index ES-infamia · infamia · Spanish

infamia · rank #27,648 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,648
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH ineludible

Nearest frequency peer: ineludible (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “infamia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “infamia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

infamia vs ínfima
57% similar
infamia vs infanta
71% similar
infamia vs infancia
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for infamia
PropertyValue
Headwordinfamia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩɱˈfamja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,648
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “infamia”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.infamiacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ineludible” (#27,647), “infectada” (#27,649), “indigente” (#27,646). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “infamia” va en #27,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around infamia (IPA [ĩɱˈfamja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,648 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Disminución o pérdida en la reputación o la honra de una persona.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for infamia, with forms such as "ifnamia", "inafmia", and "infaima". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ínfima", "infanta", "infancia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is infamia, spelled I-N-F-A-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disminución o pérdida en la reputación o la honra de una persona.

Synonyms

deshonra

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnamia
  • inafmia
  • infaima
  • infamai
  • infammia
  • inffamia
  • infmaia
  • innfamia
  • nifamia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infamia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ifnamia2inafmia2infaima2infamai2infammia1inffamia1infmaia2innfamia1
Edit distance from "infamia"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infamia"?
"infamia" is spelled I-N-F-A-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩɱˈfamja].
What does "infamia" mean?
As a noun, "infamia" means: Disminución o pérdida en la reputación o la honra de una persona.
What words are commonly confused with "infamia"?
"infamia" is commonly confused with "ínfima", "infanta", "infancia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infamia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infamia" is [ĩɱˈfamja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infamia" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infamia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

llantos#27,667llévame#27,669lucidez#27,671gozando#27,619

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

hordas9 variantsgrasos9 variantsgastas9 variantsgalilea9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list