Which to use
“infamie” is a noun and “infinie” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,100
- “infamie” frequency rank
- #11,983
- “infinie” frequency rank
- 47083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infamie | infinie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Flétrissure imprimée à l’honneur, à la réputation, soit par la loi, soit par l’opinion publique. | Féminin singulier de infini. |
Where the eye mixes infamie and infinie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. infamie and infinie follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses infamie with infinie
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: infamie is \ɛ̃.fa.mi\ while infinie is \ɛ̃.fi.ni\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47083, 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\. infinie is at rank #11,983, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fi.ni\.
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 47083, this pair ranks #189,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infamie vs infinie
Shared letters: efin. Private to "infamie": am. Private to "infinie": -.
"infamie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "infinie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "infamie" for "infinie" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "infamie" or "infinie" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "infamie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infinie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infamie" and "infinie" 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 #189,786 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.