infox
\ɛ̃.fɔks\
The verdict
“infox” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fausse information, conçue volontairement pour induire en erreur et diffusée dans des médias à large audience.
Corpus desk
Index FR-infox · infox · French
infox · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infox |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.fɔks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « infox » en français
Rare enough to double-check
infox is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.fɔks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fausse information, conçue volontairement pour induire en erreur et diffusée dans des médias à large audience.".
infox has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is infox, spelled I-N-F-O-X.
Definition
- 1Fausse information, conçue volontairement pour induire en erreur et diffusée dans des médias à large audience.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how infox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On appelle cela le fact-checking, terme d’origine anglo-saxonne, comme l’est l’expression fake news (fausses nouvelles) que l’on nomme aussi « infox » en français.
De projections en supputations, on en était venu à difficilement discerner l’info de l’infox.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.