infinitif

\ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif\

/\ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif\/ noun

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The verdict

“infinitif” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,856
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme (mode) d’un verbe sans marque de nombre ni de personne (telle qu’on la trouve par exemple dans les entrées des dictionnaires imprimés de la langue française).

Corpus desk

Index FR-infinitif · infinitif · French

infinitif · rank #32,856 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,856
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infiltrations

Nearest frequency peer: infiltrations (-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 « infinitif »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infinitif » 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).

infinitif vs infinity
78% similar
infinitif vs infinite
78% similar

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

Key facts for infinitif
PropertyValue
Headwordinfinitif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,856
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infinitif »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).infinitifse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « infiltrations » (#32,855), « inflammable » (#32,857), « indécence » (#32,854). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infinitif » est au #32,856. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around infinitif (IPA \ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,856 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forme (mode) d’un verbe sans marque de nombre ni de personne (telle qu’on la trouve par exemple dans les entrées des dictionnaires imprimés de la langue française).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for infinitif, with forms such as "ifninitif", "inffinitif", and "infiintif". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "infinity", "infinite", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is infinitif, spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme (mode) d’un verbe sans marque de nombre ni de personne (telle qu’on la trouve par exemple dans les entrées des dictionnaires imprimés de la langue française).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’infinitif peut être considéré comme le nom verbal.
  2. « Aimer » est l’infinitif du verbe dont « j’aime » est le présent de la première personne à l’indicatif.

This word in other languages

infinitive(English)infinitivo(Español)Infinitiv(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifninitif
  • inffinitif
  • infiintif
  • infiniitf
  • infinitfi
  • infinitiff
  • infinittif
  • infinnitif
  • infintiif
  • infniitif
  • inifnitif
  • innfinitif
  • nifinitif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ifninitif2inffinitif1infiintif2infiniitf2infinitfi2infinitiff1infinittif1infinnitif1
Edit distance from "infinitif"

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 "infinitif"?
"infinitif" is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif\.
What does "infinitif" mean?
As a noun, "infinitif" means: Forme (mode) d’un verbe sans marque de nombre ni de personne (telle qu’on la trouve par exemple dans les entrées des dictionnaires imprimés de la langue française).
What words are commonly confused with "infinitif"?
"infinitif" is commonly confused with "infinity", "infinite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infinitif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infinitif" is \ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infinitif" come from?
"infinitif" 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 "infinitif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

indécence#32,854hyperbole#32,849hasardeux#32,842Lacazette#32,876

Similar misspelling depth

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

hébergés13 variantsirradiation13 variantsLamartine13 variantsMartigues13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list