Which to use
“Icon” and “Icons” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,993
- “Icon” frequency rank
- #47,495
- “Icons” frequency rank
- 71488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Icon | Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kleine Grafik für Programme oder Hyperlinks | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Icon |
Where the eye mixes Icon and Icons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Icon runs 4 letters (VCVC) against Icons's 5 (VCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Icon vs Icons
A purely visual mix-up. Icon ([ˈaɪ̯kn̩]) and Icons ([ˈaɪ̯kn̩s]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “Icon” sits inside “Icons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Icon is recorded at frequency rank #23,993, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯kn̩]. Icons is at rank #47,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯kn̩s].
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 71488, this pair ranks #415,308 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Icon vs Icons
Shared letters: cino. Private to "Icon": -. Private to "Icons": s.
"Icon" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "Icons" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Icon" and "Icons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Icon" vs "Icons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Icon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Icons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,308 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Icon" and "Icons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Icons vs Irans". 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 #415,308 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.