infondé

\ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\

/\ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\/ adj

The verdict

“infondé” is uncommon French (frequency #76,683 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,683
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans fondement, qui ne repose sur rien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infonde · infondé · French

infondé · rank #76,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,683
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inductance

Nearest frequency peer: inductance (-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 « infondé »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « infondé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for infondé
PropertyValue
Headwordinfondé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « infondé » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).infondétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « inductance » (#76,682), « indemnise » (#76,681), « inhabitables » (#76,685). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infondé » est au #76,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

infondé is uncommon French at frequency #76,683 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans fondement, qui ne repose sur rien.".

infondé has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is infondé, spelled I-N-F-O-N-D-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sans fondement, qui ne repose sur rien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La rumeur qu’il était mort se révéla infondée.
  2. Mais, moi, j’avais vu la vache bleue. Je l’ai défendue, mais personne ne m’a crue non plus. Tout le monde m’a accusée de dire des choses infondées.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infondé"?
"infondé" is spelled I-N-F-O-N-D-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\.
What does "infondé" mean?
As an adjective, "infondé" means: Sans fondement, qui ne repose sur rien.
How do you pronounce "infondé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infondé" is \ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infondé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infondé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list