Which to use
“infinitif” and “infinity” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,856
- “infinitif” frequency rank
- #32,446
- “infinity” frequency rank
- 65302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infinitif | infinity |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forme (mode) d’un verbe sans marque de nombre ni de personne (telle qu’on la trouve par exemple dans les entrées des dictionnaires imprimés de la langue française). | Infini. |
Where the eye mixes infinitif and infinity
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses infinitif with infinity
A purely visual mix-up. infinitif (\ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif\) and infinity (\ɪnˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infinitif is recorded at frequency rank #32,856, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif\. infinity is at rank #32,446, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɪnˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\.
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 65302, this pair ranks #72,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infinitif vs infinity
Shared letters: fint. Private to "infinitif": -. Private to "infinity": y.
"infinitif" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "infinity" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "infinitif" for "infinity" ever safe?
Which is more common, "infinitif" or "infinity"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "infinitif" and "infinity" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "infinitif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infinity" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infinitif" and "infinity" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infinite vs infinitif". 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 #72,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.