inflamarvsinformarConfusable pair

Which to use

“inflamar” and “informar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,057
“inflamar” frequency rank
#3,147
“informar” frequency rank
45204
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inflamar informar
Definition pôr em chama, incendiar dar uma informação a alguém, deixar ciente de um fato, notícia ou acontecimento, comunicar

Letter map: inflamar vs informar

Shared letters muted; letters that set inflamar and informar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. inflamar (VCCCVCVC) and informar (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
inflamar
8 ch
informar

Corpus notes: inflamar and informar

inflamar and informar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inflamar is recorded at frequency rank #42,057, classified as averb, pronounced /ĩ.flɐ.ˈmaɾ/. informar is at rank #3,147, 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 45204, this pair ranks #20,191 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of inflamar vs informar

Shared letters: afimnr. Private to "inflamar": l. Private to "informar": o.

"inflamar" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "informar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inflamar ← ifnlamar · infalmar · infflamar · inflaamr · inflamarr · inflammar · inflamra · infllamar
  • informar ← ifnormar · infformar · infomrar · inforamr · informarr · informmar · informra · inforrmar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inflamar" for "informar" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "inflamar" vs "informar" - which ranks higher?
"informar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,147 in our Portuguese list, against #42,057 for "inflamar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "inflamar" and "informar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "inflamar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "informar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,191 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inflamar" and "informar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inflamar vs inflar". 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 #20,191 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list