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“información” and “information” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#268
“información” frequency rank
#17,996
“information” frequency rank
18264
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature información information
Definition Conocimiento enviado o recibido sobre un hecho o circunstancia. Información.

Where the eye mixes información and information

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
información
11 ch
information

Visual trap between información and information

A purely visual mix-up. información ([ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn]) and information (/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

información is recorded at frequency rank #268, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn]. information is at rank #17,996, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/.

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 18264, this pair ranks #268,651 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of información vs information

Shared letters: afimnor. Private to "información": . Private to "information": t.

"información" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "information" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informationifnormation · infformation · infomration · inforamtion · informaiton · informatino · informationn · informatoin

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "información" for "information" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩɱfoɾmaˈsjõn] versus /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "información" or "information"?
"información" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #268 in our Spanish list, against #17,996 for "information". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "información" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "information" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #268,651 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "información" and "information" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "information vs informativos". 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 #268,651 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