Which to use
“infime” and “intime” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,164
- “infime” frequency rank
- #5,469
- “intime” frequency rank
- 22633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infime | intime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est placé le plus bas. | Profondément intérieur, en parlant surtout de ce qui fait l’essence réelle d’une chose. |
Where the eye mixes infime and intime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. infime and intime follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between infime and intime
A purely visual mix-up. infime (\ɛ̃.fim\) and intime (\ɛ̃.tim\) 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 a single letter - f in “infime” becomes t in “intime”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22633, 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\. intime is at rank #5,469, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tim\.
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 22633, this pair ranks #356,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of infime vs intime
Shared letters: eimn. Private to "infime": f. Private to "intime": t.
"infime" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "intime" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "infime" and "intime" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "infime" vs "intime" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "infime" and "intime" 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 "intime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infime" and "intime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "income vs infime". 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 #356,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.