infox
French, noun/ɛ̃.fɔks/
infox is spelled I-N-F-O-X (5 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infox is a French feminine noun meaning “fake news” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fausse information, conçue volontairement pour induire en erreur et diffusée dans des médias à large audience”.
What does infox mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefake news
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fausse information, conçue volontairement pour induire en erreur et diffusée dans des médias à large audience.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce infox?
- /ɛ̃.fɔks/
- \ɛ̃.fɔks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is infox in French?
infox appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).