infatué

\ɛ̃.fa.tɥe\

/\ɛ̃.fa.tɥe\/ adj

The verdict

“infatué” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est si bien pénétré de ses propres mérites ou de ceux d’une chose ou d’une autre personne qu’il ne peut qu’en être désabusé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infatue · infatué · French

infatué · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for infatué
PropertyValue
Headwordinfatué
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fa.tɥe\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « infatué » en français

infatuén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

infatué is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.fa.tɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est si bien pénétré de ses propres mérites ou de ceux d’une chose ou d’une autre personne qu’il ne peut qu’en être désabusé.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for infatué, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is infatué, spelled I-N-F-A-T-U-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est si bien pénétré de ses propres mérites ou de ceux d’une chose ou d’une autre personne qu’il ne peut qu’en être désabusé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est infatué de sa personne.
  2. Il est trop infatué de son mince talent.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infatué"?
"infatué" is spelled I-N-F-A-T-U-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fa.tɥe\.
What does "infatué" mean?
As an adjective, "infatué" means: Qui est si bien pénétré de ses propres mérites ou de ceux d’une chose ou d’une autre personne qu’il ne peut qu’en être désabusé.
How do you pronounce "infatué"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infatué" is \ɛ̃.fa.tɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infatué" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list