infraction

Other forms of infraction

plural

infractions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about infraction

What does infraction mean?

infraction means "a crime less serious than a felony".

How many syllables are in infraction?

infraction has 3 syllables: in-frac-tion. The stress falls on "frac". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈfɹækʃən/.

What is another word for infraction?

Close synonyms include misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, infringement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is infraction a common word?

infraction is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with infraction?

2 words rhyme with infraction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.