Which to use
“Icon” is a noun and “io” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,993
- “Icon” frequency rank
- #26,465
- “io” frequency rank
- 50458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Icon | io |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kleine Grafik für Programme oder Hyperlinks | Für die 1. Person Singular Nominativ/Subjektfall – im Objektfall: siehe me |
Letter map: Icon vs io
Shared letters muted; letters that set Icon and io apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: Icon vs io
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Icon is anoun and ioapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50458, 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]. io is at rank #26,465, tagged as apron, 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 50458, this pair ranks #1,172,943 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Icon vs io
Shared letters: io. Private to "Icon": cn. Private to "io": -.
"Icon" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "io" · 2 letters · shape VV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Icon ← cion · iccon · icno · iconn · iocn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Icon" for "io" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Icon" or "io" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Icon" and "io".
- Full dictionary entry for "Icon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "io" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,172,943 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Icon" and "io" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "io vs puzzles". 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 #1,172,943 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.