infâmia

/ĩ.ˈfɐ.mjɐ/

//ĩ.ˈfɐ.mjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“infâmia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,472
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abalo ou dano à boa fama

Corpus desk

Index PT-infamia · infâmia · Portuguese

infâmia · rank #48,472 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,472
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH indeferimento

Nearest frequency peer: indeferimento (-4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “infâmia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “infâmia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

infâmia vs infância
75% similar
infâmia vs infame
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for infâmia
PropertyValue
Headwordinfâmia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩ.ˈfɐ.mjɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,472
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “infâmia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).infâmiacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “indeferimento” (#48,468), “incontinência” (#48,467), “invalidar” (#48,478). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “infâmia” fica em #48,472. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around infâmia (IPA /ĩ.ˈfɐ.mjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,472 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for infâmia, with forms such as "ifnâmia", "inffâmia", and "infmâia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "infância", "infame", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is infâmia, spelled I-N-F-Â-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    abalo ou dano à boa fama
  2. 2
    descrédito, desonra
  3. 3
    maldade, vilania, torpeza
  4. 4
    tipo de senso de humor ligado ao non-sense

This word in other languages

infamy(English)infamia(Español)infamie(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnâmia
  • inffâmia
  • infmâia
  • infâima
  • infâmai
  • infâmmia
  • innfâmia
  • inâfmia
  • nifâmia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infâmia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ifnâmia2inffâmia1infmâia2infâima2infâmai2infâmmia1innfâmia1inâfmia2
Edit distance from "infâmia"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infâmia"?
"infâmia" is spelled I-N-F-Â-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.ˈfɐ.mjɐ/.
What does "infâmia" mean?
As a noun, "infâmia" means: abalo ou dano à boa fama
What words are commonly confused with "infâmia"?
"infâmia" is commonly confused with "infância", "infame". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infâmia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infâmia" is /ĩ.ˈfɐ.mjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infâmia" come from?
"infâmia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infâmia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hercule#48,450learned#48,508malgaxe#48,527Manfred#48,528

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

marriage9 variantsexegese9 variantsourives9 variantspastar9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list