infertile

\ɛ̃.fɛʁ.til\

/\ɛ̃.fɛʁ.til\/ adj

The verdict

“infertile” is uncommon French (frequency #84,898 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,898
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas fertile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infertile · infertile · French

infertile · rank #84,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,898
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inextricables

Nearest frequency peer: inextricables (-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 « infertile »

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 « infertile » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for infertile
PropertyValue
Headwordinfertile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fɛʁ.til\
Letters9
Frequency rank#84,898
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « infertile » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « inextricables » (#84,897), « indécises » (#84,896), « insatisfaisant » (#84,900). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infertile » est au #84,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

infertile is uncommon French at frequency #84,898 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.fɛʁ.til\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

infertile has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is infertile, spelled I-N-F-E-R-T-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas fertile.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un sujet, une matière qui fournit peu de choses à dire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si les engrais verts donnent de fort bons résultats dans les sols infertiles et épuisés, à plus forte raison sont-ils avantageux dans les sols fertiles et riches.
  2. — Un esprit infertile.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "infertile"?
"infertile" is spelled I-N-F-E-R-T-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fɛʁ.til\.
What does "infertile" mean?
As an adjective, "infertile" means: Qui n’est pas fertile.
How do you pronounce "infertile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infertile" is \ɛ̃.fɛʁ.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list