infligent

\ɛ̃.fliʒ\

/\ɛ̃.fliʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“infligent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,963
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de infliger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infligent · infligent · French

infligent · rank #47,963 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,963
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inculture

Nearest frequency peer: inculture (-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 « infligent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infligent » 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).

infligent vs influent
78% similar
infligent vs infliger
78% similar
infligent vs inflige
78% similar

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

Key facts for infligent
PropertyValue
Headwordinfligent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.fliʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,963
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infligent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.infligentse 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 « inculture » (#47,962), « inhabitée » (#47,964), « incrustée » (#47,961). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infligent » est au #47,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around infligent (IPA \ɛ̃.fliʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,963 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for infligent, with forms such as "ifnligent", "inffligent", and "infilgent". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "influent", "infliger", "inflige", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is infligent, spelled I-N-F-L-I-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de infliger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de infliger.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnligent
  • inffligent
  • infilgent
  • inflgient
  • infliegnt
  • infligennt
  • infligentt
  • infligetn
  • infliggent
  • inflignet
  • inflligent
  • inlfigent
  • innfligent
  • nifligent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ifnligent2inffligent1infilgent2inflgient2infliegnt2infligennt1infligentt1infligetn2
Edit distance from "infligent"

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 "infligent"?
"infligent" is spelled I-N-F-L-I-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fliʒ\.
What does "infligent" mean?
As a verb, "infligent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de infliger.
What words are commonly confused with "infligent"?
"infligent" is commonly confused with "influent", "infliger", "inflige". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infligent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infligent" is \ɛ̃.fliʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infligent" come from?
"infligent" 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 "infligent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

inculture#47,962inhabitée#47,964incrustée#47,961interpose#47,970

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

inconduite14 variantsinadéquate14 variantsinversées14 variantsimaginatif14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list