indivsinfoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: indi is a adverb, info is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“indi” is an adverb and “info” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,230
“indi” frequency rank
#1,957
“info” frequency rank
48187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indi info
Definition Maintenant. Information.

Where the eye mixes indi and info

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
indi
4 ch
info

Visual trap between indi and info

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indi is \in.ˈdi\ while info is \ɛ̃.fo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indi is recorded at frequency rank #46,230, classified as anadv, pronounced \in.ˈdi\. info is at rank #1,957, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fo\.

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 48187, this pair ranks #180,929 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indi vs info

Shared letters: in. Private to "indi": d. Private to "info": fo.

"indi" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "info" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indiidni · inddi · inid · inndi · nidi
  • infoifno · inffo · innfo · inof · nifo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indi" and "info" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "indi" is an adverb and "info" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "indi" vs "info" - which ranks higher?
"info" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,957 in our French list, against #46,230 for "indi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "indi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "info" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,929 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indi" and "info" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indi vs isi". 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 #180,929 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list