inavsinfoConfusable pair

Quick tell: ina is a contraction, info is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ina” is a contraction and “info” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,663
“ina” frequency rank
#4,434
“info” frequency rank
42097
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ina info
Definition Contracción de la preposición in y el adjetivo posesivo a Información.

Where the eye mixes ina and info

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
ina
4 ch
info

Look-alike desk: ina vs info

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ina is [ˈɪnˠə] while info is [ˈĩɱfo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ina is recorded at frequency rank #37,663, classified as acontraction, pronounced [ˈɪnˠə]. info is at rank #4,434, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈĩɱfo].

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 42097, this pair ranks #150,117 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ina vs info

Shared letters: in. Private to "ina": a. Private to "info": fo.

"ina" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "info" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infoifno · inffo · innfo · inof · nifo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ina" and "info" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ina" is a contraction and "info" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ina" or "info" show up more?
"info" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,434 in our Spanish list, against #37,663 for "ina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "ina" and "info" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "info" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,117 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ina" and "info" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ina vs iza". 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 #150,117 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list