informadovsinformaronConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#4,256
“informado” frequency rank
#10,686
“informaron” frequency rank
14942
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature informado informaron
Definition Que ha sido advertido, avisado o instruido de algo. 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 informado and informaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. informado runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against informaron's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
informado
10 ch
informaron

Visual trap between informado and informaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: informado is [ĩɱfoɾˈmað̞o] 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

informado is recorded at frequency rank #4,256, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩɱfoɾˈmað̞o]. 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 14942, this pair ranks #282,117 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of informado vs informaron

Shared letters: afimnor. Private to "informado": d. Private to "informaron": -.

"informado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "informaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informado ← ifnormado · infformado · infomrado · inforamdo · informaddo · informaod · informdao · informmado
  • informaron ← ifnormaron · infformaron · infomraron · inforamron · informaorn · informarno · informaronn · informarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "informado" for "informaron" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "informado" is an adjective and "informaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "informado" or "informaron" show up more?
"informado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,256 in our Spanish list, against #10,686 for "informaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "informado" 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 #282,117 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "informado" 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 #282,117 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