Which to use
“infâme” and “infâmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,738
- “infâme” frequency rank
- #40,815
- “infâmes” frequency rank
- 58553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infâme | infâmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a mauvaise réputation, qui est célèbre en mauvaise part (sens étymologique). | Pluriel de infâme. |
Same sound, different letters: infâme vs infâmes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. infâme runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against infâmes's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - infâme and infâmes
This is the hard kind. infâme and infâmes are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fɑm\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “infâme” sits inside “infâmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infâme is recorded at frequency rank #17,738, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɑm\. infâmes is at rank #40,815, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɑm\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 58553, this pair ranks #108,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infâme vs infâmes
Shared letters: efimnâ. Private to "infâme": -. Private to "infâmes": s.
"infâme" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "infâmes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infâme" and "infâmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "infâme" or "infâmes"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "infâme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infâmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infâme" and "infâmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infâmes vs infimes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #108,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.