infovsitoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#1,957
“info” frequency rank
#42,956
“ito” frequency rank
44913
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature info ito
Definition Information. (se) Noyer, (s') asphyxier, (s') étouffer.

Letter map: info vs ito

Shared letters muted; letters that set info and ito apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
info
3 ch
ito

Grammar separator: info vs ito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: info is anoun and itoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44913, 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\. ito is at rank #42,956, tagged as averb.

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 44913, this pair ranks #206,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of info vs ito

Shared letters: io. Private to "info": fn. Private to "ito": t.

"info" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ito" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infoifno · inffo · innfo · inof · nifo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "info" and "ito" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "info" is a noun and "ito" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "info" vs "ito" - which ranks higher?
"info" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,957 in our French list, against #42,956 for "ito". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "info" vs "ito" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "info" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #206,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "info" and "ito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isi 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 #206,845 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