Information

//ɪnfɔrmaˈt͡si̯oːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,034

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Information is aPortuguesenoun. It means: informação Pronounced /ɪnfɔrmaˈt͡si̯oːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?). It ranks #7,034 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with informativo and informática.

Key facts for Information
PropertyValue
HeadwordInformation
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɪnfɔrmaˈt͡si̯oːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters11
Frequency rank#7,034
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Information is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪnfɔrmaˈt͡si̯oːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Corpus data places it at rank #7,034 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "informação".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Information, with forms such as "ifnormation", "infformation", and "infomration". 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, "informativo", "informática", 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 Information, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    informação

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnormation,infformation,infomration,inforamtion,informaiton,informatino,informationn,informatoin,informattion,informmation,informtaion,inforrmation,infromation,innformation,inofrmation,niformation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Information

Misspelling Variants of "Information"

ifnormation11infformation12infomration11inforamtion11informaiton11informatino11informationn12informatoin11
Misspelling Variants of "Information"

Frequency rank: #7,034 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Information"?
"Information" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪnfɔrmaˈt͡si̯oːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "Information" mean?
As a noun, "Information" means: informação
What words are commonly confused with "Information"?
"Information" is commonly confused with "informativo", "informática". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Information"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Information" is /ɪnfɔrmaˈt͡si̯oːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Information" come from?
"Information" 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.