infligir
[ĩɱfliˈxiɾ]
The verdict
“infligir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,994 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,994
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causar un daño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-infligir · infligir · Spanish
infligir · rank #52,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,994
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH inflamatorio
Nearest frequency peer: inflamatorio (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “infligir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- indolente
indolente
47,011 corpus weight
- infaltable
infaltable
47,009 corpus weight
- inflamatorio
inflamatorio
47,008 corpus weight
- infligir
infligir
47,007 corpus weight
- ingratitud
ingratitud
47,006 corpus weight
- inmiscuirse
inmiscuirse
47,005 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “infligir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infligir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩɱfliˈxiɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “infligir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
infligir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,994 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩɱfliˈxiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
infligir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is infligir, spelled I-N-F-L-I-G-I-R.
Definition
- 1Causar un daño.
- 2Imponer un castigo, pena o sanción.
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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