infusion

\ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“infusion” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,055
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’infuser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infusion · infusion · French

infusion · rank #26,055 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,055
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH informelle

Nearest frequency peer: informelle (-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 « infusion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « infusion » 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).

infusion vs invasion
75% similar
infusion vs intrusion
78% similar
infusion vs Illusion
63% similar

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

Key facts for infusion
PropertyValue
Headwordinfusion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,055
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « infusion »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.infusionse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « informelle » (#26,054), « ingéniosité » (#26,056), « infirme » (#26,053). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infusion » est au #26,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around infusion (IPA \ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,055 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for infusion, with forms such as "ifnusion", "inffusion", and "infsuion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "invasion", "intrusion", "Illusion", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is infusion, spelled I-N-F-U-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’infuser.
  2. 2
    Résultat de l’action d’infuser.
  3. 3
    Résultat de l’action d’infuser.
  4. 4
    Manière dont certaines facultés surnaturelles sont infuses dans l’âme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Non, non, pas en infusion. Ça se prend en gélules, avait-il répondu, fou de joie d’avoir trouvé une oreille intéressée, avant de continuer à psalmodier : La cristallothérapie est aussi très efficace, très réussie.
  2. Cette tisane se fait par infusion.

Synonyms

perfusion

Antonyms

effusion

This word in other languages

infusion(English)infusión(Español)infusão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnusion
  • inffusion
  • infsuion
  • infuison
  • infusino
  • infusionn
  • infusoin
  • infussion
  • innfusion
  • inufsion
  • nifusion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infusion - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ifnusion2inffusion1infsuion2infuison2infusino2infusionn1infusoin2infussion1
Edit distance from "infusion"

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 "infusion"?
"infusion" is spelled I-N-F-U-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\.
What does "infusion" mean?
As a noun, "infusion" means: Action d’infuser.
What words are commonly confused with "infusion"?
"infusion" is commonly confused with "invasion", "intrusion", "Illusion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infusion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infusion" is \ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infusion" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ignorons#26,045intuitif#26,065historia#26,039Helsinki#26,037

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

inaugurer11 variantshébreux11 variantshumbles11 variantsféroces11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list