Which to use
“Information” and “informations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #845
- “Information” frequency rank
- #944
- “informations” frequency rank
- 1789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Information | informations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Information. | Ensemble de faits que l’on cherche à connaître ou dont on obtient la connaissance pour répondre à une interrogation. |
Where the eye mixes Information and informations
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Information with informations
A purely visual mix-up. Information (\ˌɪn.fɔr.ma.ˈt͡sjoːn\) and informations (\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\) 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 extra letter(s) - “Information” sits inside “informations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Information is recorded at frequency rank #845, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˌɪn.fɔr.ma.ˈt͡sjoːn\. informations is at rank #944, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\.
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 1789, this pair ranks #437,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Information vs informations
Shared letters: afimnort. Private to "Information": -. Private to "informations": s.
"Information" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "informations" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Information ← ifnormation · infformation · infomration · inforamtion · informaiton · informatino · informationn · informatoin
- informations ← ifnormations · infformations · infomrations · inforamtions · informaitons · informatinos · informationns · informationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Information" for "informations" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Information" vs "informations" - which ranks higher?
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 "Information" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "informations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Information" and "informations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Information vs informatisé". 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 #437,394 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.