informação

//ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#564

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

informação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de informar Pronounced /ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #564 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with infração and inflamação.

Key facts for informação
PropertyValue
Headwordinformação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters10
Frequency rank#564
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of informação in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for informação is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #564 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for informação, with forms such as "ifnormação", "infformação", and "infomração". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "infração", "inflamação", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is informação, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de informar
  2. 2
    algo que se conhece e em que se baseia para racionalizar

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnormação,infformação,infomração,inforamção,informaãço,informaçoã,informmação,informçaão,inforrmação,infromação,innformação,inofrmação,niformação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for informação

Misspelling Variants of "informação"

ifnormação10infformação11infomração10inforamção10informaãço10informaçoã10informmação11informçaão10
Misspelling Variants of "informação"

Frequency rank: #564 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "informação"?
"informação" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "informação" mean?
As a noun, "informação" means: ato ou efeito de informar
What words are commonly confused with "informação"?
"informação" is commonly confused with "infração", "inflamação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "informação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "informação" is /ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "informação" come from?
"informação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.