infinitésimal
\ɛ̃.fi.ni.te.zi.mal\
The verdict
“infinitésimal” is uncommon French (frequency #72,430 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,430
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infiniment petit ; en quantité extrêmement petite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-infinitesimal · infinitésimal · French
infinitésimal · rank #72,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,430
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH infirmités
Nearest frequency peer: infirmités (+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 « infinitésimal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inclura
inclura
27,575 corpus weight
- indisposé
indisposé
27,574 corpus weight
- indélébiles
indélébiles
27,573 corpus weight
- infinitésim…
infinitésimal
27,571 corpus weight
- infirmités
infirmités
27,570 corpus weight
- ingénieuses
ingénieuses
27,569 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « infinitésimal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infinitésimal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.fi.ni.te.zi.mal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #72,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « infinitésimal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
infinitésimal is uncommon French at frequency #72,430 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.fi.ni.te.zi.mal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for infinitésimal in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is infinitésimal, spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-É-S-I-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Infiniment petit ; en quantité extrêmement petite.
- 2Qualifie la partie des mathématiques qui a pour but l’étude des grandeurs considérées comme sommes de leurs accroissements infiniment petits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how infinitésimal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'action des doses infinitésimales, quelque incompréhensible qu'elle paraisse aux meilleurs esprits, eu égard à son intensité, et quel que puisse être le caractère d'infinitésimalité qu'on lui suppose, aura toujours un résultat positif.
Disons dès à présent que cette cause est la présence […] de ces métaux , dont une quotité presque infinitésimale suffit pour rendre le fer, et à plus forte raison l'acier fondu, inforgeable et insoudable.
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.
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