informaciónvsinformaronWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: información is a noun, informaron is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“información” is a noun and “informaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#268
“información” frequency rank
#10,686
“informaron” frequency rank
10954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature información informaron
Definition Conocimiento enviado o recibido sobre un hecho o circunstancia. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de informar o de informarse.

Where the eye mixes información and informaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. información runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVVC) against informaron's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
información
10 ch
informaron

Look-alike desk: información vs informaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: información is [ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn] while informaron is [ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾõn]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

información is recorded at frequency rank #268, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn]. informaron is at rank #10,686, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾõn].

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 10954, this pair ranks #296,759 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of información vs informaron

Shared letters: afimnor. Private to "información": có. Private to "informaron": -.

"información" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "informaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informaron ← ifnormaron · infformaron · infomraron · inforamron · informaorn · informarno · informaronn · informarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "información" for "informaron" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "información" is a noun and "informaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "información" or "informaron" show up more?
"información" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #268 in our Spanish list, against #10,686 for "informaron". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "información" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "informaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #296,759 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "información" and "informaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "informador vs informaron". 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 #296,759 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