infructueux

\ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø\

/\ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø\/ adj

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The verdict

“infructueux” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,401. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,401
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne rapporte pas de fruit, ou qui en rapporte fort peu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infructueux · infructueux · French

infructueux · rank #42,401 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,401
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inexactitudes

Nearest frequency peer: inexactitudes (-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 « infructueux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infructueux » 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).

infructueux vs infructueuse
83% similar

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

Key facts for infructueux
PropertyValue
Headwordinfructueux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø\
Letters11
Frequency rank#42,401
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infructueux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).infructueuxse 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 « inexactitudes » (#42,400), « ingénieuse » (#42,402), « inespérée » (#42,399). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infructueux » est au #42,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around infructueux (IPA \ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,401 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for infructueux, with forms such as "ifnructueux", "inffructueux", and "infrcutueux". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "infructueuse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is infructueux, spelled I-N-F-R-U-C-T-U-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne rapporte pas de fruit, ou qui en rapporte fort peu.
  2. 2
    Qui n’apporte aucun profit ni aucune utilité ; qui ne donne aucun résultat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Terroir infructueux. - Terre infructueuse. - Champ infructueux. Année infructueuse.
  2. …mais cependant, après plusieurs efforts infructueux, aidé par le capitaine, il parvint à s’asseoir.

Antonyms

fructueux

This word in other languages

fruitless(English)infructuoso(Español)fruchtlos(Deutsch)infrutífero(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnructueux
  • inffructueux
  • infrcutueux
  • infrructueux
  • infrucctueux
  • infructeuux
  • infructtueux
  • infructueuxx
  • infructuexu
  • infructuuex
  • infrucuteux
  • infrutcueux
  • infurctueux
  • innfructueux
  • inrfuctueux
  • nifructueux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infructueux - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ifnructueux2inffructueux1infrcutueux2infrructueux1infrucctueux1infructeuux2infructtueux1infructueuxx1
Edit distance from "infructueux"

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 "infructueux"?
"infructueux" is spelled I-N-F-R-U-C-T-U-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø\.
What does "infructueux" mean?
As an adjective, "infructueux" means: Qui ne rapporte pas de fruit, ou qui en rapporte fort peu.
What words are commonly confused with "infructueux"?
"infructueux" is commonly confused with "infructueuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infructueux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infructueux" is \ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infructueux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

liberticide16 variantsphosphates16 variantsdeviendrais16 variantsPortsmouth16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list