infraction
French, noun/ɛ̃.fʁak.sjɔ̃/
infraction is spelled I-N-F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,048th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infraction is a French feminine noun meaning “offense (US), departure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Transgression, contravention, violation d’une loi, d’un ordre, d’un engagement, etc”.
What does infraction mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoffense (US), departure
- 2
feminineinfringement, infraction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Transgression, contravention, violation d’une loi, d’un ordre, d’un engagement, etc. 2. Non-respect.
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.
Forms of infraction
- infractions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infraction?
- /ɛ̃.fʁak.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.fʁak.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to infraction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infraction in French?
infraction appears 9.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).