Which to use
“Information” is a noun and “informativo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,034
- “Information” frequency rank
- #12,265
- “informativo” frequency rank
- 19299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Information | informativo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | informação | destinado a informar ou noticiar |
Where the eye mixes Information and informativo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. Information (VCCVCCVCVVC) and informativo (VCCVCCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Information vs informativo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Information is /ɪnfɔrmaˈt͡si̯oːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?) 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 2 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 19299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Information is recorded at frequency rank #7,034, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪnfɔrmaˈt͡si̯oːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?). 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 19299, this pair ranks #51,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Information vs informativo
Shared letters: afimnort. Private to "Information": -. Private to "informativo": v.
"Information" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "informativo" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Information ← ifnormation · infformation · infomration · inforamtion · informaiton · informatino · informationn · informatoin
- informativo ← ifnormativo · infformativo · infomrativo · inforamtivo · informaitvo · informatiov · informativvo · informattivo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Information" for "informativo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Information" or "informativo"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Information" 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 #51,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Information" and "informativo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "informática 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 #51,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.