Which to use
“infime” and “infirme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,164
- “infime” frequency rank
- #26,053
- “infirme” frequency rank
- 43217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infime | infirme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est placé le plus bas. | Qui est affecté d’une infirmité ou d’infirmités. |
Where the eye mixes infime and infirme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses infime with infirme
A purely visual mix-up. infime (\ɛ̃.fim\) and infirme (\ɛ̃.fiʁm\) 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 43217, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infime is recorded at frequency rank #17,164, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fim\. infirme is at rank #26,053, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fiʁm\.
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 43217, this pair ranks #219,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infime vs infirme
Shared letters: efimn. Private to "infime": -. Private to "infirme": r.
"infime" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "infirme" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infime" and "infirme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "infime" or "infirme"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "infime" and "infirme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "infime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infirme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infime" and "infirme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infirme vs infirmité". 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 #219,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.