información

Name: información, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn]

/[ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“información” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#268
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,428
“I” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conocimiento enviado o recibido sobre un hecho o circunstancia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-informacion · información · Spanish

información · rank #268 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-CORE #268
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 3,428
PHOTO-FINISH importante

Nearest frequency peer: importante (-1 rank slots)

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.

favor

99,736
gusta

99,735
importante

99,734
información

99,733
mañana

99,732
pasa

99,731

What this shows “información” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

información vs informaron

73% similar

información vs information

82% similar

información vs informaciones

77% similar

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

Key facts for información
Property	Value
Headword	información
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#268
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “información”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).informacióncae aquí:

#268

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “importante” (#267), “mañana” (#269), “gusta” (#266). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “información” va en #268. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around información (IPA [ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #268 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for información, with forms such as "ifnormación", "infformación", and "infomración". 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, "informaron", "information", "informaciones", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is información, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Conocimiento enviado o recibido sobre un hecho o circunstancia.
2
Conocimiento obtenido mediante el estudio, la comunicación, investigación, instrucción, etc.
3
Una colección de datos.
4
El acto o hecho de informar.
5
Oficina o servicio cuya función es proveer información ₁.
6
Es una indicación del número de diferentes mensajes, si N es el número total de diferentes mensajes que se pueden enviar, generar o recibir, la información es una cantidad igual al logaritmo base 2 de N.
7
Resultado de procesar, recabar, manipular y organizar datos.

Synonyms

aviso testimonio aclaración averiguación indagación comunicación reportaje

This word in other languages

information(English)information(Français)Information(Deutsch)informação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ifnormación
infformación
infomración
inforamción
informacción
informacinó
informaciónn
informacóin
informaicón
informasión
informcaión
informmación
inforrmación
infromación
innformación
inofrmación
niformación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of información - 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 "información"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "información"?

"información" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn].

What does "información" mean?

As a noun, "información" means: Conocimiento enviado o recibido sobre un hecho o circunstancia.

What words are commonly confused with "información"?

"información" is commonly confused with "informaron", "information", "informaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "información"?

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

What language does "información" come from?

"información" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

universidad#373 simplemente#597 experiencia#608 oportunidad#631

Similar misspelling depth

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

condiciones17 variants septiembre17 variants actividades17 variants importantes17 variants