Information

/[ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,972

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Information is aGermannoun. It means: kurze informierende Mitteilung Pronounced [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]. It ranks #1,972 in German word frequency. Often confused with informativ and informative.

Key facts for Information
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HeadwordInformation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,972
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Information in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Information is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,972 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Information, with forms such as "ifnormation", "infformation", and "infomration". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "informativ", "informative", "informativen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Information, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kurze informierende Mitteilung
  2. 2
    die Beseitigung von Unbestimmtheit, das Informieren
  3. 3
    über alles Wichtige in Kenntnis setzende Auskunft
  4. 4
    Stelle, an der Auskünfte ausgegeben, vermittelt oder eingeholt werden können

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnormation,infformation,infomration,inforamtion,informaiton,informatino,informationn,informatoin,informattion,informmation,informtaion,inforrmation,infromation,innformation,inofrmation,niformation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Information

Misspelling Variants of "Information"

ifnormation11infformation12infomration11inforamtion11informaiton11informatino11informationn12informatoin11
Misspelling Variants of "Information"

Frequency rank: #1,972 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Information"?
"Information" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Information" mean?
As a noun, "Information" means: kurze informierende Mitteilung
What words are commonly confused with "Information"?
"Information" is commonly confused with "informativ", "informative", "informativen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Information"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Information" is [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Information" come from?
"Information" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.