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  * pandas.infer_freq 

#  pandas.infer_freq  #

pandas.  infer_freq  (  _ index  _ )  [ [source]  ](https://github.com/pandas-
dev/pandas/blob/v2.2.2/pandas/tseries/frequencies.py#L89-L156) #

    

Infer the most likely frequency given the input index.

Parameters  :

    

**index** DatetimeIndex, TimedeltaIndex, Series or array-like

    

If passed a Series will use the values of the series (NOT THE I