Which to use
“Information” and “Informationen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,972
- “Information” frequency rank
- #831
- “Informationen” frequency rank
- 2803
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Information | Informationen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kurze informierende Mitteilung | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Information |
Where the eye mixes Information and Informationen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Information vs Informationen
A purely visual mix-up. Information ([ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]) and Informationen ([ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “Information” sits inside “Informationen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Information is recorded at frequency rank #1,972, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Informationen is at rank #831, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnən].
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 2803, this pair ranks #2,001,549 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Information vs Informationen
Shared letters: afimnort. Private to "Information": -. Private to "Informationen": e.
"Information" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "Informationen" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Information ← ifnormation · infformation · infomration · inforamtion · informaiton · informatino · informationn · informatoin
- Informationen ← ifnormationen · infformationen · infomrationen · inforamtionen · informaitonen · informatinoen · informatioenn · informationenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Information" for "Informationen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Information" or "Informationen" show up more?
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 "Information" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Informationen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,001,549 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Information" and "Informationen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Information vs informativen". 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 #2,001,549 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.