informatif

\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tif\

/\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tif\/ adj

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The verdict

“informatif” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,079
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui informe, qui est riche en enseignements, instructif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-informatif · informatif · French

informatif · rank #31,079 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,079
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indonésien

Nearest frequency peer: indonésien (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « informatif »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « informatif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

informatif vs Information
73% similar
informatif vs informatisé
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for informatif
PropertyValue
Headwordinformatif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tif\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,079
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « informatif »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).informatifse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « indonésien » (#31,078), « inonder » (#31,080), « Indianapolis » (#31,077). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « informatif » est au #31,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around informatif (IPA \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,079 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui informe, qui est riche en enseignements, instructif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for informatif, with forms such as "ifnormatif", "infformatif", and "infomratif". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Information", "informatisé", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is informatif, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui informe, qui est riche en enseignements, instructif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how informatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ainsi, en dépit du fait que le logogramme chinois est souvent peu informatif quant à sa prononciation, l’information phonologique contenue dans l’écriture est exploitée pour prononcer les caractères rares.

This word in other languages

informativ(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnormatif
  • infformatif
  • infomratif
  • inforamtif
  • informaitf
  • informatfi
  • informatiff
  • informattif
  • informmatif
  • informtaif
  • inforrmatif
  • infromatif
  • innformatif
  • inofrmatif
  • niformatif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of informatif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ifnormatif2infformatif1infomratif2inforamtif2informaitf2informatfi2informatiff1informattif1
Edit distance from "informatif"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "informatif"?
"informatif" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tif\.
What does "informatif" mean?
As an adjective, "informatif" means: Qui informe, qui est riche en enseignements, instructif.
What words are commonly confused with "informatif"?
"informatif" is commonly confused with "Information", "informatisé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "informatif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "informatif" is \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "informatif" come from?
"informatif" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "informatif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indonésien#31,078incohérent#31,074instituant#31,084interphone#31,087

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

interrompus15 variantsjusticiers15 variantsfructifier15 variantsmaghrébin15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list