Which to use
“informal” is an adjective and “informar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,701
- “informal” frequency rank
- #3,147
- “informar” frequency rank
- 12848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | informal | informar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não formal; em que não há formalidade | dar uma informação a alguém, deixar ciente de um fato, notícia ou acontecimento, comunicar |
Letter map: informal vs informar
Shared letters muted; letters that set informal and informar apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. informal and informar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: informal vs informar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: informal is anadjective and informaraverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “informal” becomes r in “informar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
informal is recorded at frequency rank #9,701, classified as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.fuɾ.ˈmaɫ/. 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 12848, this pair ranks #59,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of informal vs informar
Shared letters: afimnor. Private to "informal": l. Private to "informar": -.
"informal" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "informar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "informal" and "informar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "informal" vs "informar" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "informal" vs "informar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "informal" 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 #59,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "informal" and "informar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inflamar vs informar". 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 #59,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.