ige vs ile, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ige” and “ile” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,298
“ige” frequency rank: #48,983
“ile” frequency rank: 70281
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ige	ile
Definition	Verb	Haar n

Letter map: ige vs ile

Shared letters muted; letters that set ige and ile apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ige and ile follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch

ige

3 ch

ile

Pair insight - ige / ile

ige and ile are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - g in “ige” becomes l in “ile”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ige is recorded at frequency rank #21,298, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈiɡɛ]. ile is at rank #48,983, tagged as anoun, 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 70281, this pair ranks #451,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ige vs ile

Shared letters: ei. Private to "ige": g. Private to "ile": l.

"ige" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ile" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ige" and "ile" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They differ by a single letter - g in “ige” becomes l in “ile”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "ige" or "ile"?

"ige" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,298 in our German list, against #48,983 for "ile". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "ige" vs "ile" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "ige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #451,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ige" and "ile" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ile vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #451,032 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.