informations

\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“informations” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #944. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#944
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de faits que l’on cherche à connaître ou dont on obtient la connaissance pour répondre à une interrogation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-informations · informations · French

informations · rank #944 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #944
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH fête

Nearest frequency peer: fête (-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 « informations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « informations » 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).

informations vs Information
83% similar

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

Key facts for informations
PropertyValue
Headwordinformations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#944
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « informations »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).informationsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fête » (#943), « joueurs » (#945), « forte » (#942). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « informations » est au #944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around informations (IPA \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #944 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for informations, with forms such as "ifnormations", "infformations", and "infomrations". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Information", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is informations, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de faits que l’on cherche à connaître ou dont on obtient la connaissance pour répondre à une interrogation.
  2. 2
    Journal télévisé ou journal radiodiffusé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] Mme Mirondeau avait commencé à s’émouvoir de cette absence prolongée ; ayant interrogé la route, et ne voyant rien venir, elle s’impatienta, et, inquiète, jetant un fichu sur ses épaules, partit aux informations.
  2. Je l’ai entendu aux informations, hier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnormations
  • infformations
  • infomrations
  • inforamtions
  • informaitons
  • informatinos
  • informationns
  • informationss
  • informatiosn
  • informatoins
  • informattions
  • informmations
  • informtaions
  • inforrmations
  • infromations
  • innformations
  • inofrmations
  • niformations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of informations - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ifnormations2infformations1infomrations2inforamtions2informaitons2informatinos2informationns1informationss1
Edit distance from "informations"

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 "informations"?
"informations" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\.
What does "informations" mean?
As a noun, "informations" means: Ensemble de faits que l’on cherche à connaître ou dont on obtient la connaissance pour répondre à une interrogation.
What words are commonly confused with "informations"?
"informations" is commonly confused with "Information". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "informations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "informations" is \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "informations" come from?
"informations" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

actuellement#913complètement#978probablement#1,040construction#842

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

département18 variantsenvironnement18 variantsenseignement18 variantsparfaitement18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list