Which to use
“infamie” and “infante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,100
- “infamie” frequency rank
- #29,397
- “infante” frequency rank
- 64497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infamie | infante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Flétrissure imprimée à l’honneur, à la réputation, soit par la loi, soit par l’opinion publique. | Titre qu’on donnait aux enfants puînés des rois d’Espagne et du Portugal ainsi qu’à ceux du duc de Parme. |
Where the eye mixes infamie and infante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. infamie (VCCVCVV) and infante (VCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses infamie with infante
A purely visual mix-up. infamie (\ɛ̃.fa.mi\) and infante (\ɛ̃.fɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infamie is recorded at frequency rank #35,100, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fa.mi\. infante is at rank #29,397, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɑ̃t\.
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 64497, this pair ranks #76,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infamie vs infante
Shared letters: aefin. Private to "infamie": m. Private to "infante": t.
"infamie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "infante" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "infamie" for "infante" ever safe?
Frequency check: "infamie" vs "infante" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "infamie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infamie" and "infante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infâmes vs infamie". 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 #76,769 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.