infinitivo
[ĩɱfiniˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“infinitivo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,094 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,094
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma verbal que expresa una acción de forma impersonal atemporal y libre de cualquier otro aspecto verbal. En el idioma español, es la forma verbal indizada en los diccionarios, y la base a partir...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infinitivo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩɱfiniˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “infinitivo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
infinitivo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,094 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ĩɱfiniˈt̪iβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma verbal que expresa una acción de forma impersonal atemporal y libre de cualquier otro aspecto verbal. En el idioma español, es la forma verbal indizada en los diccionarios, y la base a partir...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for infinitivo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is infinitivo, spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Forma verbal que expresa una acción de forma impersonal atemporal y libre de cualquier otro aspecto verbal. En el idioma español, es la forma verbal indizada en los diccionarios, y la base a partir de la cual se obtienen todas las conjugaciones verbales. Se caracteriza por las terminaciones -ar, -er e -ir.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “infinitivo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩɱfiniˈt̪iβ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.