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“infante” and “infarto” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,155
“infante” frequency rank
#10,156
“infarto” frequency rank
20311
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature infante infarto
Definition Niño pequeño, en especial antes de llegar a la edad de escolarización Muerte de un tejido o necrosis, por falta de irrigación sanguínea. Es la consecuencia de la obstrucción del o de los vasos sanguíneos que llevan sangre a ese lugar del cuerpo.

Where the eye mixes infante and infarto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
infante
7 ch
infarto

Visual trap between infante and infarto

A purely visual mix-up. infante ([ĩɱˈfãn̪t̪e]) and infarto ([ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

infante is recorded at frequency rank #10,155, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩɱˈfãn̪t̪e]. infarto is at rank #10,156, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 20311, this pair ranks #259,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of infante vs infarto

Shared letters: afint. Private to "infante": e. Private to "infarto": or.

"infante" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "infarto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infanteifnante · inafnte · infanet · infannte · infantte · infatne · inffante · infnate
  • infartoifnarto · inafrto · infarot · infarrto · infartto · infatro · inffarto · infrato

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "infante" for "infarto" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩɱˈfãn̪t̪e] versus [ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "infante" vs "infarto" - which ranks higher?
"infante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,155 in our Spanish list, against #10,156 for "infarto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "infante" and "infarto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "infante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "infarto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #259,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "infante" and "infarto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infantas vs infante". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #259,891 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list