informanvsinformarConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#11,431
“informan” frequency rank
#4,345
“informar” frequency rank
15776
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature informan informar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de informar o de informarse. Dar informes, noticias; enterar.

Where the eye mixes informan and informar

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

8 ch
informan
8 ch
informar

Look-alike desk: informan vs informar

A purely visual mix-up. informan ([ĩɱˈfoɾmãn]) and informar ([ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “informan” becomes r in “informar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

informan is recorded at frequency rank #11,431, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩɱˈfoɾmãn]. informar is at rank #4,345, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ].

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 15776, this pair ranks #278,831 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of informan vs informar

Shared letters: afimnor. Private to "informan": -. Private to "informar": -.

"informan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "informar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informanifnorman · infforman · infomran · inforamn · informann · informman · informna · inforrman
  • informarifnormar · infformar · infomrar · inforamr · informarr · informmar · informra · inforrmar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "informan" and "informar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩɱˈfoɾmãn] versus [ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "informan" or "informar"?
"informar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,345 in our Spanish list, against #11,431 for "informan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "informan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "informar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #278,831 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "informan" and "informar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "informador vs informar". 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 #278,831 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