Which to use
“informiere” and “informieren” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,649
- “informiere” frequency rank
- #2,728
- “informieren” frequency rank
- 24377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | informiere | informieren |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs informieren | Informationen, Nachrichten weitergeben |
Where the eye mixes informiere and informieren
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between informiere and informieren
A purely visual mix-up. informiere ([ɪnfɔʁˈmiːʁə]) and informieren ([ɪnfɔʁˈmiːʁən]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “informiere” sits inside “informieren”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
informiere is recorded at frequency rank #21,649, classified as averb, pronounced [ɪnfɔʁˈmiːʁə]. informieren is at rank #2,728, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɪnfɔʁˈmiːʁən].
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 24377, this pair ranks #1,848,511 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of informiere vs informieren
Shared letters: efimnor. Private to "informiere": -. Private to "informieren": -.
"informiere" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCV · "informieren" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- informiere ← ifnormiere · infformiere · infomriere · inforimere · informeire · informieer · informierre · informiree
- informieren ← ifnormieren · infformieren · infomrieren · inforimeren · informeiren · informieern · informierenn · informierne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "informiere" for "informieren" ever safe?
Which is more common, "informiere" or "informieren"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "informiere" and "informieren" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "informiere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "informieren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,848,511 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "informiere" and "informieren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "informiere vs informierten". 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 #1,848,511 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.