informevsinformenWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,090
“informe” frequency rank
#25,678
“informen” frequency rank
26768
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature informe informen
Definition Opinión fundada en noticias y datos acerca de alguna persona o cosa. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de informar o de informarse.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set informe and informen apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
informe
8 ch
informen

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: informe is [ĩɱˈfoɾme] while informen is [ĩɱˈfoɾmẽn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “informe” sits inside “informen”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

informe is recorded at frequency rank #1,090, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩɱˈfoɾme]. informen is at rank #25,678, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩɱˈfoɾmẽn].

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 26768, this pair ranks #230,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of informe vs informen

Shared letters: efimnor. Private to "informe": -. Private to "informen": -.

"informe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "informen" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informeifnorme · infforme · infomre · inforem · informme · inforrme · infrome · innforme
  • informenifnormen · infformen · infomren · inforemn · informenn · informmen · informne · inforrmen

Frequency comparison

informe#1,090
informen#25,678

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "informe" and "informen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "informe" is a noun and "informen" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "informe" or "informen"?
"informe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,090 in our Spanish list, against #25,678 for "informen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering informe vs informen

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “informe”; for a verb, it's “informen”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “informe” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list