infinity

\ɪnˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\

/\ɪnˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\/ noun

The verdict

“infinity” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,446. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,446
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infini.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infinity · infinity · French

infinity · rank #32,446 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,446
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH INF

Nearest frequency peer: INF (-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 « infinity »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infinity » 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).

infinity vs infini
75% similar
infinity vs infinie
75% similar
infinity vs infinis
75% similar

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

Key facts for infinity
PropertyValue
Headwordinfinity
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɪnˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,446
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infinity »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).infinityse 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 « INF » (#32,445), « ingrats » (#32,447), « indifféremment » (#32,444). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infinity » est au #32,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around infinity (IPA \ɪnˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,446 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Infini.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for infinity, with forms such as "ifninity", "inffinity", and "infiinty". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "infini", "infinie", "infinis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is infinity, spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Infini.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifninity
  • inffinity
  • infiinty
  • infinitty
  • infinityy
  • infiniyt
  • infinnity
  • infintiy
  • infniity
  • inifnity
  • innfinity
  • nifinity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ifninity2inffinity1infiinty2infinitty1infinityy1infiniyt2infinnity1infintiy2
Edit distance from "infinity"

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 "infinity"?
"infinity" is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ɪnˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\.
What does "infinity" mean?
As a noun, "infinity" means: Infini.
What words are commonly confused with "infinity"?
"infinity" is commonly confused with "infini", "infinie", "infinis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infinity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infinity" is \ɪnˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infinity" come from?
"infinity" 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 "infinity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list