infovsinnaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#1,957
“info” frequency rank
#43,996
“inna” frequency rank
45953
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature info inna
Definition Information. Celui-là, celle-là, cela (au loin ou non visible).

Where the eye mixes info and inna

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

4 ch
info
4 ch
inna

Visual trap between info and inna

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: info is \ɛ̃.fo\ while inna is \inːa\. 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 (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

info is recorded at frequency rank #1,957, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fo\. inna is at rank #43,996, tagged as apron, pronounced \inːa\.

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 45953, this pair ranks #198,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of info vs inna

Shared letters: in. Private to "info": fo. Private to "inna": a.

"info" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "inna" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infoifno · inffo · innfo · inof · nifo
  • innainan · nina

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "info" and "inna" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "info" is a noun and "inna" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "info" or "inna"?
"info" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,957 in our French list, against #43,996 for "inna". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "info" and "inna" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "info" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inna" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "info" and "inna" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ilona vs inna". 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 #198,761 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