Which to use
“informática” is a noun and “informativo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,961
- “informática” frequency rank
- #12,265
- “informativo” frequency rank
- 18226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | informática | informativo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto das ciências da informação, entre elas: a ciência da computação, a teoria da informação, o processo de cálculo, a análise numérica e os métodos teóricos de representação do conhecimento e de modelagem de problemas | destinado a informar ou noticiar |
Where the eye mixes informática and informativo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. informática and informativo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: informática vs informativo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: informática is /ĩ.fuɾ.ˈma.ti.kɐ/ while informativo is /ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈti.vu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
informática is recorded at frequency rank #5,961, classified as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.fuɾ.ˈma.ti.kɐ/. informativo is at rank #12,265, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈti.vu/.
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 18226, this pair ranks #52,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of informática vs informativo
Shared letters: afimnort. Private to "informática": cá. Private to "informativo": v.
"informática" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV · "informativo" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- informativo ← ifnormativo · infformativo · infomrativo · inforamtivo · informaitvo · informatiov · informativvo · informattivo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "informática" and "informativo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "informática" vs "informativo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "informática" and "informativo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "informática" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "informativo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "informática" and "informativo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Information vs informativo". 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 #52,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.