InfosvsintusTell them apart

Quick tell: Infos is a noun, intus is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Infos” is a noun and “intus” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,304
“Infos” frequency rank
#35,254
“intus” frequency rank
37558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Infos intus
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Info etwas vor kurzem getrunken oder gegessen haben

Where the eye mixes Infos and intus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Infos
5 ch
intus

Look-alike desk: Infos vs intus

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Infos is [ˈɪnfos] while intus is [ˈɪntʊs]. 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 (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Infos is recorded at frequency rank #2,304, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪnfos]. intus is at rank #35,254, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈɪntʊs].

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 37558, this pair ranks #1,587,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Infos vs intus

Shared letters: ins. Private to "Infos": fo. Private to "intus": tu.

"Infos" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "intus" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Infosifnos · inffos · infoss · infso · innfos · inofs · nifos
  • intusinntus · intsu · inttus · intuss · inuts · itnus · nitus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Infos" and "intus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Infos" is a noun and "intus" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Infos" vs "intus" - which ranks higher?
"Infos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,304 in our German list, against #35,254 for "intus". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Infos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,587,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Infos" and "intus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intus vs ius". 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 #1,587,061 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