infernale

\ɛ̃.fɛʁ.nal\

/\ɛ̃.fɛʁ.nal\/ adj

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The verdict

“infernale” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,168
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de infernal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infernale · infernale · French

infernale · rank #20,168 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,168
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH informaticien

Nearest frequency peer: informaticien (+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 « infernale »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infernale » 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).

infernale vs infernales
90% similar
infernale vs infernal
89% similar

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

Key facts for infernale
PropertyValue
Headwordinfernale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fɛʁ.nal\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,168
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infernale »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).infernalese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « informaticien » (#20,169), « inceste » (#20,166), « innovants » (#20,170). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infernale » est au #20,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around infernale (IPA \ɛ̃.fɛʁ.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,168 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de infernal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for infernale, with forms such as "ifnernale", "inefrnale", and "infenrale". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "infernales", "infernal", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is infernale, spelled I-N-F-E-R-N-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de infernal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnernale
  • inefrnale
  • infenrale
  • inferanle
  • infernael
  • infernalle
  • infernlae
  • infernnale
  • inferrnale
  • inffernale
  • infrenale
  • innfernale
  • nifernale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infernale - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ifnernale2inefrnale2infenrale2inferanle2infernael2infernalle1infernlae2infernnale1
Edit distance from "infernale"

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 "infernale"?
"infernale" is spelled I-N-F-E-R-N-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fɛʁ.nal\.
What does "infernale" mean?
As an adjective, "infernale" means: Féminin singulier de infernal.
What words are commonly confused with "infernale"?
"infernale" is commonly confused with "infernales", "infernal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infernale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infernale" is \ɛ̃.fɛʁ.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infernale" come from?
"infernale" 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 "infernale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

innovants#20,170Hezbollah#20,158millésime#20,198entendons#20,133

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

hésitant13 variantsmaladresse13 variantsdéfilent13 variantsdonations13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list