Which to use
“informação” and “infração” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #564
- “informação” frequency rank
- #18,620
- “infração” frequency rank
- 19184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | informação | infração |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de informar | ato de ignorar e desprezar as leis e normas traçadas pelo estado para o correto e ordenado comportamento social da população |
Where the eye mixes informação and infração
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. informação runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVV) against infração's 8 (VCCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: informação vs infração
A purely visual mix-up. informação (/ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and infração (/ĩ.fɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
informação is recorded at frequency rank #564, classified as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. infração is at rank #18,620, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.fɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 19184, this pair ranks #51,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of informação vs infração
Shared letters: afinorãç. Private to "informação": m. Private to "infração": -.
"informação" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "infração" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "informação" and "infração" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "informação" or "infração"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "informação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infração" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "informação" and "infração" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infeção vs infração". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #51,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.