infériorité

\ɛ̃.fe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\

/\ɛ̃.fe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“infériorité” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,165
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est plus bas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inferiorite · infériorité · French

infériorité · rank #17,165 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,165
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infime

Nearest frequency peer: infime (-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 « infériorité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infériorité » 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).

infériorité vs intériorité
91% similar

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

Key facts for infériorité
PropertyValue
Headwordinfériorité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.fe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\
Letters11
Frequency rank#17,165
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infériorité »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).inférioritése 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 « infime » (#17,164), « inside » (#17,166), « infidèle » (#17,163). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infériorité » est au #17,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around infériorité (IPA \ɛ̃.fe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,165 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for infériorité, with forms such as "ifnériorité", "inferiorite", and "inffériorité". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "intériorité", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is infériorité, spelled I-N-F-É-R-I-O-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est plus bas.
  2. 2
    Désavantage, inégalité en ce qui concerne la valeur, le pouvoir, le rang, la force, le mérite, etc.
  3. 3
    Sentiment personnel d’avoir une valeur inférieure aux autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une infériorité de niveau.
  2. La notaresse était furieuse de ne pas être aussi belle que madame César, car toute femme sait toujours en elle-même à quoi s’en tenir sur la supériorité ou l’infériorité d’une rivale.

Synonyms

indignité

Antonyms

supériorité

This word in other languages

inferiority(English)Minderwertigkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnériorité
  • inferiorite
  • inffériorité
  • infréiorité
  • inféirorité
  • inférioirté
  • inférioritté
  • inférioriét
  • infériorrité
  • infériortié
  • infériroité
  • inféroirité
  • inférriorité
  • innfériorité
  • inéfriorité
  • nifériorité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infériorité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ifnériorité2inferiorite2inffériorité1infréiorité2inféirorité2inférioirté2inférioritté1inférioriét2
Edit distance from "infériorité"

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 "infériorité"?
"infériorité" is spelled I-N-F-É-R-I-O-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\.
What does "infériorité" mean?
As a noun, "infériorité" means: État de ce qui est plus bas.
What words are commonly confused with "infériorité"?
"infériorité" is commonly confused with "intériorité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infériorité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infériorité" is \ɛ̃.fe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infériorité" come from?
"infériorité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intolérable#17,169limitations#17,180millénaires#17,191musculaires#17,200

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

hystérique16 variantshypothèque16 variantsfootballeurs16 variantsMontmartre16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list