informative

Name: informative, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ɪnfɔʁmaˈtiːvə]

/[ɪnfɔʁmaˈtiːvə]/ adj

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“informative” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #41,255 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#41,255
frequency rank, German: 11
letters: 16
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

informative vs informativen

92% similar

informative vs Informatik

73% similar

informative vs informativ

91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for informative
Property	Value
Headword	informative
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɪnfɔʁmaˈtiːvə]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#41,255
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “informative” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). informative lands here:

#41,255

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for informative is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnfɔʁmaˈtiːvə]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,255 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for informative, with forms such as "ifnormative", "infformative", and "infomrative". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "informativen", "Informatik", "informativ", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is informative, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnormative,infformative,infomrative,inforamtive,informaitve,informatiev,informativve,informattive,informatvie,informmative,informtaive,inforrmative,infromative,innformative,inofrmative,niformative

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of informative - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "informative"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "informative"?

"informative" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnfɔʁmaˈtiːvə].

What does "informative" mean?

As an adjective, "informative" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs informativ

What words are commonly confused with "informative"?

"informative" is commonly confused with "informativen", "Informatik", "informativ". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "informative"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "informative" is [ɪnfɔʁmaˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "informative" come from?

"informative" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “informative”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ɪnfɔʁmaˈtiːvə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “informativen” - see the side-by-side comparison. informative vs informativen
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.