informevsinformésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: informe is a adjective, informés is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“informe” is an adjective and “informés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,564
“informe” frequency rank
#10,722
“informés” frequency rank
19286
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature informe informés
Definition Dont la forme est indécise. Participe passé masculin pluriel de informer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set informe and informés apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
informe
8 ch
informés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: informe is \ɛ̃.fɔʁm\ while informés is \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

informe is recorded at frequency rank #8,564, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɔʁm\. informés is at rank #10,722, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\.

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 19286, this pair ranks #374,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of informe vs informés

Shared letters: fimnor. Private to "informe": e. Private to "informés": .

"informe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "informés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informeifnorme · infforme · infomre · inforem · informme · inforrme · infrome · innforme

Frequency comparison

informe#8,564
informés#10,722

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "informe" and "informés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "informe" is an adjective and "informés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "informe" or "informés"?
"informe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,564 in our French list, against #10,722 for "informés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering informe vs informés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “informe”; for a verb, it's “informés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “informe” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list