infamant

\ɛ̃.fa.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.fa.mɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“infamant” is uncommon French (frequency #88,758 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,758
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui déshonore, qui porte atteinte à la réputation de quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infamant · infamant · French

infamant · rank #88,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,758
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inextinguible

Nearest frequency peer: inextinguible (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « infamant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « infamant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for infamant
PropertyValue
Headwordinfamant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fa.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « infamant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).infamanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « inextinguible » (#88,757), « infanticides » (#88,759), « inexplorés » (#88,756). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infamant » est au #88,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

infamant is uncommon French at frequency #88,758 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.fa.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui déshonore, qui porte atteinte à la réputation de quelqu’un.".

infamant has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is infamant, spelled I-N-F-A-M-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui déshonore, qui porte atteinte à la réputation de quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how infamant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Aujourd’hui, de nombreuses entreprises, personnalités publiques et organisations font l’objet de traitements infamants sur cette plateforme.
  2. Des paroles, des injures infamantes.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infamant"?
"infamant" is spelled I-N-F-A-M-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fa.mɑ̃\.
What does "infamant" mean?
As an adjective, "infamant" means: Qui déshonore, qui porte atteinte à la réputation de quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "infamant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infamant" is \ɛ̃.fa.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infamant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infamant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list