lait infantile

\lɛ ɛ̃.fɑ̃.til\

/\lɛ ɛ̃.fɑ̃.til\/ noun

The verdict

“lait infantile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lait pour nourrissons fabriqué à partir d’ingrédients d’origine animale ou végétale et se substituant au lait maternel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lait-infantile · lait infantile · French

lait infantile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" 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.

Key facts for lait infantile
PropertyValue
Headwordlait infantile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɛ ɛ̃.fɑ̃.til\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lait infantile” sits in French frequency

lait infantile falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lait infantile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛ ɛ̃.fɑ̃.til\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lait pour nourrissons fabriqué à partir d’ingrédients d’origine animale ou végétale et se substituant au lait maternel.".

No misspelling variants are generated for lait infantile in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lait infantile, spelled L-A-I-T- -I-N-F-A-N-T-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lait pour nourrissons fabriqué à partir d’ingrédients d’origine animale ou végétale et se substituant au lait maternel.

Synonyms

lait artificiel

Antonyms

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lait infantile"?
"lait infantile" is spelled L-A-I-T- -I-N-F-A-N-T-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛ ɛ̃.fɑ̃.til\.
What does "lait infantile" mean?
As a noun, "lait infantile" means: Lait pour nourrissons fabriqué à partir d’ingrédients d’origine animale ou végétale et se substituant au lait maternel.
How do you pronounce "lait infantile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lait infantile" is \lɛ ɛ̃.fɑ̃.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lait infantile" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list