infirme

\ɛ̃.fiʁm\

/\ɛ̃.fiʁm\/ adj

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The verdict

“infirme” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,053. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,053
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est affecté d’une infirmité ou d’infirmités.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infirme · infirme · French

infirme · rank #26,053 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,053
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inculte

Nearest frequency peer: inculte (-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 « infirme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infirme » 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).

infirme vs intime
71% similar
infirme vs informe
86% similar
infirme vs informer
75% similar

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

Key facts for infirme
PropertyValue
Headwordinfirme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fiʁm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,053
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infirme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.infirmese 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 « inculte » (#26,052), « informelle » (#26,054), « inculpation » (#26,051). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infirme » est au #26,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around infirme (IPA \ɛ̃.fiʁm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,053 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for infirme, with forms such as "ifnirme", "inffirme", and "infimre". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "intime", "informe", "informer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is infirme, spelled I-N-F-I-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est affecté d’une infirmité ou d’infirmités.
  2. 2
    Qui manque de force, qui est imparfait naturellement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un enfant infirme.
  2. Vieillard infirme. — Vieillesse infirme.

This word in other languages

infirm(English)discapacitado(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnirme
  • inffirme
  • infimre
  • infirem
  • infirmme
  • infirrme
  • infrime
  • inifrme
  • innfirme
  • nifirme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infirme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ifnirme2inffirme1infimre2infirem2infirmme1infirrme1infrime2inifrme2
Edit distance from "infirme"

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 "infirme"?
"infirme" is spelled I-N-F-I-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fiʁm\.
What does "infirme" mean?
As an adjective, "infirme" means: Qui est affecté d’une infirmité ou d’infirmités.
What words are commonly confused with "infirme"?
"infirme" is commonly confused with "intime", "informe", "informer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infirme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infirme" is \ɛ̃.fiʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infirme" come from?
"infirme" 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 "infirme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inculte#26,052immoral#26,048hébreux#26,042humbles#26,041

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

granite10 variantsglobaux10 variantsfourneau10 variantsEverest10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list