infamie

\ɛ̃.fa.mi\

/\ɛ̃.fa.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“infamie” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,100
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flétrissure imprimée à l’honneur, à la réputation, soit par la loi, soit par l’opinion publique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infamie · infamie · French

infamie · rank #35,100 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,100
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indiquera

Nearest frequency peer: indiquera (-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 « infamie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « infamie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

infamie vs infime
71% similar
infamie vs infinie
71% similar
infamie vs infante
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for infamie
PropertyValue
Headwordinfamie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.fa.mi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,100
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infamie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).infamiese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « indiquera » (#35,099), « inhibiteurs » (#35,101), « independent » (#35,098). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infamie » est au #35,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around infamie (IPA \ɛ̃.fa.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,100 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for infamie, with forms such as "ifnamie", "inafmie", and "infaime". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "infime", "infinie", "infante", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is infamie, spelled I-N-F-A-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Flétrissure imprimée à l’honneur, à la réputation, soit par la loi, soit par l’opinion publique.
  2. 2
    Caractère déshonorant, honteux, vil, d’une chose, d’un acte.
  3. 3
    Action déshonorante ou honteuse.
  4. 4
    Parole injurieuse à l’honneur, à la réputation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne souffrirai jamais, dit le baron, une telle bassesse de sa part, et une telle insolence de la vôtre ; cette infamie ne me sera jamais reprochée : les enfants de ma sœur ne pourraient entrer dans les chapitres d’Allemagne. Non, jamais ma sœur n’épousera qu’un baron de l’empire.
  2. Comment concilier la passion immodérée des Romains pour les combats du cirque, et l’infamie dont ils couvraient les instrumens de ces cruels spectacles, les arénaires, bestiaires, gladiateurs ?

Synonyms

infâmeté

This word in other languages

infamy(English)infamia(Español)Abscheulichkeit(Deutsch)infâmia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnamie
  • inafmie
  • infaime
  • infamei
  • infammie
  • inffamie
  • infmaie
  • innfamie
  • nifamie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infamie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ifnamie2inafmie2infaime2infamei2infammie1inffamie1infmaie2innfamie1
Edit distance from "infamie"

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 "infamie"?
"infamie" is spelled I-N-F-A-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fa.mi\.
What does "infamie" mean?
As a noun, "infamie" means: Flétrissure imprimée à l’honneur, à la réputation, soit par la loi, soit par l’opinion publique.
What words are commonly confused with "infamie"?
"infamie" is commonly confused with "infime", "infinie", "infante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infamie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infamie" is \ɛ̃.fa.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infamie" come from?
"infamie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jeannot#35,110Kessler#35,114laplace#35,120latente#35,121

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

julienne9 variantshachée9 variantsgâchée9 variantsgermer9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list