infiltre

\ɛ̃.filtʁ\

/\ɛ̃.filtʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“infiltre” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,306
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de infiltrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infiltre · infiltre · French

infiltre · rank #33,306 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,306
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infecte

Nearest frequency peer: infecte (-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 « infiltre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infiltre » 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).

infiltre vs infiltrer
89% similar
infiltre vs infiltrés
78% similar
infiltre vs infiltrée
89% similar

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

Key facts for infiltre
PropertyValue
Headwordinfiltre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.filtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,306
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infiltre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.infiltrese 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 « infecte » (#33,305), « influenceurs » (#33,307), « inexistants » (#33,304). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infiltre » est au #33,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around infiltre (IPA \ɛ̃.filtʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,306 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for infiltre, with forms such as "ifniltre", "inffiltre", and "infilltre". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "infiltrer", "infiltrés", "infiltrée", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is infiltre, spelled I-N-F-I-L-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de infiltrer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de infiltrer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de infiltrer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de infiltrer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de infiltrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les ondes des cloches de la cathédrale apportent l’Angelus du soir qui s’infiltre à travers les murs du couvent et dont une partie va longuement mourir tout près sur les flots « décarcanés ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifniltre
  • inffiltre
  • infilltre
  • infilrte
  • infilter
  • infilttre
  • infitlre
  • inflitre
  • inifltre
  • innfiltre
  • nifiltre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infiltre - 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.

ifniltre2inffiltre1infilltre1infilrte2infilter2infilttre1infitlre2inflitre2
Edit distance from "infiltre"

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 "infiltre"?
"infiltre" is spelled I-N-F-I-L-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.filtʁ\.
What does "infiltre" mean?
As a verb, "infiltre" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de infiltrer.
What words are commonly confused with "infiltre"?
"infiltre" is commonly confused with "infiltrer", "infiltrés", "infiltrée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infiltre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infiltre" is \ɛ̃.filtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infiltre" come from?
"infiltre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imprécis#33,302impropre#33,301inversés#33,313ignorées#33,294

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

machins11 variantsflottent11 variantsmutilés11 variantsenragés11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list