information

/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/

//ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩// noun

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"information" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“information” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#357
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.

Corpus desk

Index EN-information · information · English

information · rank #357 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #357
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH I'll

Nearest frequency peer: I'll (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “information”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “information” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

information vs informative
82% similar
information vs informations
92% similar
information vs informational
85% similar

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

Key facts for information
PropertyValue
Headwordinformation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/
Letters11
Frequency rank#357
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “information”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).informationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “I'll” (#356), “local” (#358), “friends” (#355). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “information” is #357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around information (IPA /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #357 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for information, with forms such as "ifnormation", "infformation", and "infomration". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "informative", "informations", "informational", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English enformacioun, informacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman informacioun, enformation, Old French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnformāre (“to inform”). Equivalent to info… The correct English form is information, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.
  2. 2
    Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
  3. 3
    The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
  4. 4
    A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.
  5. 5
    The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.
  6. 6
    The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.
  7. 7
    The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.
  8. 8
    The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
  9. 9
    Divine inspiration.
  10. 10
    A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
  11. 11
    Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
  12. 12
    The output resulting from the systematic collection, manipulation and organization of raw data into a structured, interpretable format.
  13. 13
    Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how information appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And now we come to the third keystone, information.⁸ Information may be thought of as a reduction in entropy—as the ingredient that distinguishes an orderly, structured system from the vast set of random, useless ones.⁹ Imagine pages of random characters tapped out by a monkey at a typewriter, or a stretch of white noise from a radio tuned between channel…
  2. I need some more information about this issue.

Etymology

From Middle English enformacioun, informacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman informacioun, enformation, Old French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnformāre (“to inform”). Equivalent to inform + -ation.

This word in other languages

información(Español)renseignement(Français)Information(Deutsch)informação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnormation
  • infformation
  • infomration
  • inforamtion
  • informaiton
  • informasion
  • informatino
  • informationn
  • informatoin
  • informattion
  • informmation
  • informtaion
  • inforrmation
  • infromation
  • innformation
  • inofrmation
  • niformation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of information - 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.

ifnormation2infformation1infomration2inforamtion2informaiton2informasion1informatino2informationn1
Edit distance from "information"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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 /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/.
What does "information" mean?
As a noun, "information" means: Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.
What words are commonly confused with "information"?
"information" is commonly confused with "informative", "informations", "informational". 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 /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "information"?
From Middle English enformacioun, informacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman informacioun, enformation, Old French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnformāre (“to inform”). Equivale... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "information", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

development#488performance#718association#1,041interesting#1,083

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

significant17 variantsindependent17 variantscompetition17 variantsestablished17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list