Which to use
“informar” and “informaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,345
- “informar” frequency rank
- #10,686
- “informaron” frequency rank
- 15031
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | informar | informaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dar informes, noticias; enterar. | 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 informar and informaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. informar runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against informaron's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: informar vs informaron
A purely visual mix-up. informar ([ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ]) and informaron ([ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾõn]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “informar” sits inside “informaron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
informar is recorded at frequency rank #4,345, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ]. 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 15031, this pair ranks #281,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of informar vs informaron
Shared letters: afimnor. Private to "informar": -. Private to "informaron": -.
"informar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "informaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- informar ← ifnormar · infformar · infomrar · inforamr · informarr · informmar · informra · inforrmar
- informaron ← ifnormaron · infformaron · infomraron · inforamron · informaorn · informarno · informaronn · informarron
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "informar" and "informaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "informar" or "informaron"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "informar" 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 #281,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "informar" 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 #281,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.