informer

\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\

/\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\/ verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“informer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,584. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,584
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instruire de quelque chose ; faire savoir quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-informer · informer · French

informer · rank #4,584 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,584
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Indien

Nearest frequency peer: Indien (-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 « informer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « informer » 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).

informer vs informés
75% similar
informer vs informez
88% similar
informer vs informe
88% similar

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

Key facts for informer
PropertyValue
Headwordinformer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,584
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « informer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.informerse 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 « Indien » (#4,583), « Jeanne » (#4,585), « management » (#4,586). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « informer » est au #4,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around informer (IPA \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,584 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for informer, with forms such as "ifnormer", "infformer", and "infomrer". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "informés", "informez", "informe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is informer, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instruire de quelque chose ; faire savoir quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Transmettre ou publier une information.
  3. 3
    Donner forme ou sens à quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Procéder à l'instruction d'une affaire.
  5. 5
    Faire une information.
  6. 6
    Chercher à obtenir des renseignements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Être informé de tout et condamné ainsi à ne rien comprendre, tel est le sort des imbéciles.
  2. Très curieux de son naturel, il était toujours informé avant quiconque des menus potins du pays et n'avait pas son pareil pour les répandre et les amplifier.

Synonyms

faire partfaire savoirmettre au courantmettre au faitnotifiersouffler à l’oreilleprendre langue

Antonyms

désinformer

This word in other languages

inform(English)informar(Español)benachrichtigen(Deutsch)informar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnormer
  • infformer
  • infomrer
  • inforemr
  • informerr
  • informmer
  • informre
  • inforrmer
  • infromer
  • innformer
  • inofrmer
  • niformer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of informer - 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.

ifnormer2infformer1infomrer2inforemr2informerr1informmer1informre2inforrmer1
Edit distance from "informer"

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 "informer"?
"informer" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\.
What does "informer" mean?
As a verb, "informer" means: Instruire de quelque chose ; faire savoir quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "informer"?
"informer" is commonly confused with "informés", "informez", "informe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "informer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "informer" is \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "informer" come from?
"informer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

musicale#4,589escalier#4,575dénoncer#4,571contacts#4,562

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

démission12 variantsconserve12 variantsconclure12 variantsréunions12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list