Which to use
“infinie” and “infirme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,983
- “infinie” frequency rank
- #26,053
- “infirme” frequency rank
- 38036
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infinie | infirme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de infini. | Qui est affecté d’une infirmité ou d’infirmités. |
Where the eye mixes infinie and infirme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. infinie (VCCVCVV) and infirme (VCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: infinie vs infirme
A purely visual mix-up. infinie (\ɛ̃.fi.ni\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infinie is recorded at frequency rank #11,983, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fi.ni\. 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 38036, this pair ranks #258,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infinie vs infirme
Shared letters: efin. Private to "infinie": -. Private to "infirme": mr.
"infinie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "infirme" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "infinie" and "infirme" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "infinie" or "infirme" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "infinie" and "infirme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "infinie" 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 #258,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infinie" 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 #258,134 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.