Which to use
“infimes” and “infinis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,870
- “infimes” frequency rank
- #35,550
- “infinis” frequency rank
- 73420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infimes | infinis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de infime. | Masculin pluriel de infini. |
Where the eye mixes infimes and infinis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. infimes and infinis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses infimes with infinis
A purely visual mix-up. infimes (\ɛ̃.fim\) and infinis (\ɛ̃.fi.ni\) 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 73420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infimes is recorded at frequency rank #37,870, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fim\. infinis is at rank #35,550, 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 73420, this pair ranks #40,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infimes vs infinis
Shared letters: fins. Private to "infimes": em. Private to "infinis": -.
"infimes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "infinis" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "infimes" and "infinis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "infimes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infinis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infimes" and "infinis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incités vs infimes". 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 #40,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.