Which to use
“infini” and “infinie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,965
- “infini” frequency rank
- #11,983
- “infinie” frequency rank
- 18948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infini | infinie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’a ni commencement ni fin, qui est sans bornes et sans limites. | Féminin singulier de infini. |
Same sound, different letters: infini vs infinie
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. infini runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against infinie's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: infini vs infinie
This is the hard kind. infini and infinie are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fi.ni\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “infini” sits inside “infinie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infini is recorded at frequency rank #6,965, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fi.ni\. 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 18948, this pair ranks #375,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of infini vs infinie
Shared letters: fin. Private to "infini": -. Private to "infinie": e.
"infini" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "infinie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "infini" for "infinie" ever safe?
Frequency check: "infini" vs "infinie" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "infini" / "infinie". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "infini" 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 #375,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infini" and "infinie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infinie vs infinite". 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 #375,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.