FrançoisvsiiTell them apart

Quick tell: François is a name, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“François” is a name and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,052
“François” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
11572
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature François ii
Definition männlicher Vorname Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: François vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set François and ii apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

8 ch
François
2 ch
ii

Role in the sentence - François and ii

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: François is aname and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

François is recorded at frequency rank #11,052, classified as aname, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

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 11572, this pair ranks #1,969,157 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of François vs ii

Shared letters: i. Private to "François": afnorsç. Private to "ii": -.

"François" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "François" and "ii" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "François" is a name and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "François" or "ii" show up more?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #11,052 for "François". 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 "François" and "ii".

  • Full dictionary entry for "François" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,969,157 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "François" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "François vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,969,157 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list