infovsintoxConfusable pair

Which to use

“info” and “intox” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,957
“info” frequency rank
#25,700
“intox” frequency rank
27657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature info intox
Definition Information. Matraquage idéologique qui cherche à prendre possession des esprits.

Where the eye mixes info and intox

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
info
5 ch
intox

Visual trap between info and intox

A purely visual mix-up. info (\ɛ̃.fo\) and intox (\ɛ̃.tɔks\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27657, 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\. intox is at rank #25,700, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɔks\.

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 27657, this pair ranks #327,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of info vs intox

Shared letters: ino. Private to "info": f. Private to "intox": tx.

"info" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "intox" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infoifno · inffo · innfo · inof · nifo
  • intoxinntox · inotx · intoxx · inttox · intxo · itnox · nitox

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "info" and "intox" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.fo\ versus \ɛ̃.tɔks\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "info" or "intox"?
"info" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,957 in our French list, against #25,700 for "intox". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "info" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #327,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "info" and "intox" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intox vs ito". 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 #327,669 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