IlsevsiusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Ilse is a name, ius is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Ilse” is a name and “ius” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,836
“Ilse” frequency rank
#48,256
“ius” frequency rank
63092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ilse ius
Definition weiblicher Vorname Recht (Satzung, Inbegriff von Gesetzen und Verordnungen)

Letter map: Ilse vs ius

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ilse and ius apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Ilse
3 ch
ius

Grammar separator: Ilse vs ius

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ilse is aname and iusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ilse is recorded at frequency rank #14,836, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈɪlzə]. ius is at rank #48,256, 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 63092, this pair ranks #689,080 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Ilse vs ius

Shared letters: is. Private to "Ilse": el. Private to "ius": u.

"Ilse" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ius" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Ilseillse · ilsse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Ilse" and "ius" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ilse" is a name and "ius" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Ilse" or "ius" show up more?
"Ilse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,836 in our German list, against #48,256 for "ius". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Ilse" and "ius".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ilse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ius" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #689,080 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ilse" and "ius" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ius 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 #689,080 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