Which to use
“infâme” and “informe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,738
- “infâme” frequency rank
- #8,564
- “informe” frequency rank
- 26302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infâme | informe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a mauvaise réputation, qui est célèbre en mauvaise part (sens étymologique). | Dont la forme est indécise. |
Where the eye mixes infâme and informe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. infâme runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against informe's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: infâme vs informe
A purely visual mix-up. infâme (\ɛ̃.fɑm\) and informe (\ɛ̃.fɔʁm\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26302, 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\. informe is at rank #8,564, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɔʁm\.
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 26302, this pair ranks #335,881 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of infâme vs informe
Shared letters: efimn. Private to "infâme": â. Private to "informe": or.
"infâme" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "informe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- informe ← ifnorme · infforme · infomre · inforem · informme · inforrme · infrome · innforme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infâme" and "informe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "infâme" or "informe"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "infâme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "informe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,881 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infâme" and "informe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "income vs infâme". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #335,881 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.