infaillible
\ɛ̃.fa.jibl\
The verdict
“infaillible” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,355. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,355
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est certain et immanquable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-infaillible · infaillible · French
infaillible · rank #21,355 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,355
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH indemne
Nearest frequency peer: indemne (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « infaillible »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- inaccessibl…
inaccessibles
78,649 corpus weight
- incomplet
incomplet
78,648 corpus weight
- indemne
indemne
78,647 corpus weight
- infaillible
infaillible
78,646 corpus weight
- inhumain
inhumain
78,645 corpus weight
- instincts
instincts
78,643 corpus weight
What this shows « infaillible » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infaillible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.fa.jibl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infaillible »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around infaillible (IPA \ɛ̃.fa.jibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,355 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for infaillible, with forms such as "ifnaillible", "inafillible", and "infailible". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 French form is infaillible, spelled I-N-F-A-I-L-L-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est certain et immanquable.
- 2Qui ne peut ni tromper, ni errer.
- 3Se dit du pape, qui doctrinalement ne peut se tromper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how infaillible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussi, Nazira alla-t-elle, sur l'avis de sa mère, jeter une pincée de sel sur le feu. C'est un moyen infaillible pour faire revenir quelqu'un dans la maison.
Quand deux hommes qui étaient là lui niaient quelque principe, il disait d'abord : Cela est certain, nous l'avons jugé ainsi; et nous sommes des juges infaillibles. Et comment, lui dis-je pour lors, êtes-vous des juges infaillibles ? Ne voyez-vous pas, reprit-il, que le Saint-Esprit nous éclaire ?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ifnaillible
- inafillible
- infailible
- infaililble
- infaillbile
- infaillibble
- infaillibel
- infailliblle
- infaillilbe
- infalilible
- inffaillible
- infiallible
- innfaillible
- nifaillible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infaillible - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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