infantil

/[ĩɱfãn̪ˈt̪il]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,171

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

infantil is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne a la infancia Pronounced [ĩɱfãn̪ˈt̪il]. It ranks #2,171 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with infantiles and infante.

Key facts for infantil
PropertyValue
Headwordinfantil
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ĩɱfãn̪ˈt̪il]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,171
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of infantil in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for infantil is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩɱfãn̪ˈt̪il]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,171 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for infantil, with forms such as "ifnantil", "inafntil", and "infanitl". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "infantiles", "infante", "infanta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is infantil, spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne a la infancia
  2. 2
    Inocente, sin malicia.
  3. 3
    Comportamiento de un adulto que recuerda al que es propio de los niños.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnantil,inafntil,infanitl,infanntil,infantill,infantli,infanttil,infatnil,inffantil,infnatil,innfantil,nifantil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for infantil

Misspelling Variants of "infantil"

ifnantil8inafntil8infanitl8infanntil9infantill9infantli8infanttil9infatnil8
Misspelling Variants of "infantil"

Frequency rank: #2,171 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infantil"?
"infantil" is spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩɱfãn̪ˈt̪il].
What does "infantil" mean?
As an adj, "infantil" means: Que pertenece o concierne a la infancia
What words are commonly confused with "infantil"?
"infantil" is commonly confused with "infantiles", "infante", "infanta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infantil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infantil" is [ĩɱfãn̪ˈt̪il]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infantil" come from?
"infantil" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.