informaronvsinformationWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,686
“informaron” frequency rank
#17,996
“information” frequency rank
28682
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature informaron information
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de informar o de informarse. Información.

Where the eye mixes informaron and information

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
informaron
11 ch
information

Why the eye confuses informaron with information

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: informaron is [ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾõn] while information is /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

informaron is recorded at frequency rank #10,686, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩɱfoɾˈmaɾõn]. information is at rank #17,996, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/.

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 28682, this pair ranks #220,813 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of informaron vs information

Shared letters: afimnor. Private to "informaron": -. Private to "information": t.

"informaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "information" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informaronifnormaron · infformaron · infomraron · inforamron · informaorn · informarno · informaronn · informarron
  • informationifnormation · infformation · infomration · inforamtion · informaiton · informatino · informationn · informatoin

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "informaron" for "information" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "informaron" is a verb and "information" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "informaron" or "information" show up more?
"informaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,686 in our Spanish list, against #17,996 for "information". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "informaron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "information" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,813 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "informaron" and "information" 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 #220,813 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