informarvsinformaronConfusable pair

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.

8 ch
informar
10 ch
informaron

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?
No. They are said differently ([ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ] versus [ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "informar" or "informaron"?
"informar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,345 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list