ImmovsInfoConfusable pair

Quick tell: Immo is a name, Info is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Immo” is a name and “Info” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,126
“Immo” frequency rank
#2,970
“Info” frequency rank
36096
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Immo Info
Definition männlicher Vorname Information/Mitteilung über etwas

Where the eye mixes Immo and Info

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Immo
4 ch
Info

Why the eye confuses Immo with Info

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Immo is [ˈɪmoː] while Info is [ˈɪnfo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Immo is recorded at frequency rank #33,126, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈɪmoː]. Info is at rank #2,970, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪnfo].

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 36096, this pair ranks #1,624,004 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Immo vs Info

Shared letters: io. Private to "Immo": m. Private to "Info": fn.

"Immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "Info" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Immoimom · mimo
  • Infoifno · inffo · innfo · inof · nifo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Immo" and "Info" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Immo" is a name and "Info" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Immo" or "Info"?
"Info" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,970 in our German list, against #33,126 for "Immo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Immo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Info" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,624,004 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Immo" and "Info" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Immo vs IMs". 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 #1,624,004 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list