Which to use
“infinies” and “infinis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,011
- “infinies” frequency rank
- #35,550
- “infinis” frequency rank
- 60561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infinies | infinis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de infini. | Masculin pluriel de infini. |
Same sound, different letters: infinies vs infinis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. infinies runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against infinis's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: infinies vs infinis
This is the hard kind. infinies and infinis 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infinies is recorded at frequency rank #25,011, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fi.ni\. 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 60561, this pair ranks #96,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infinies vs infinis
Shared letters: fins. Private to "infinies": e. Private to "infinis": -.
"infinies" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "infinis" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "infinies" / "infinis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "infinies" 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 #96,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infinies" and "infinis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infinis 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 #96,973 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.