informadavsinformanWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: informada is a participle, informan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“informada” is a participle and “informan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,624
“informada” frequency rank
#11,431
“informan” frequency rank
26055
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature informada informan
Definition Forma del femenino de informado, participio de informar o de informarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de informar o de informarse.

Where the eye mixes informada and informan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
informada
8 ch
informan

Visual trap between informada and informan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: informada is [ĩɱfoɾˈmað̞a] while informan is [ĩɱˈfoɾmãn]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

informada is recorded at frequency rank #14,624, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩɱfoɾˈmað̞a]. informan is at rank #11,431, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩɱˈfoɾmãn].

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 26055, this pair ranks #233,552 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of informada vs informan

Shared letters: afimnor. Private to "informada": d. Private to "informan": -.

"informada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "informan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informadaifnormada · infformada · infomrada · inforamda · informaad · informadda · informdaa · informmada
  • informanifnorman · infforman · infomran · inforamn · informann · informman · informna · inforrman

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "informada" for "informan" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "informada" is a participle and "informan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "informada" or "informan"?
"informan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,431 in our Spanish list, against #14,624 for "informada". 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 "informada" and "informan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "informada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "informan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,552 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "informada" and "informan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "informada vs informador". 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 #233,552 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