# IBS vs ills

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### IBS
*adjective · IPA /aɪ.biːˈɛs/ · frequency rank #32,851*
Initialism of identical by state.

### ills
*noun · IPA /ɪlz/ · frequency rank #28,587*
plural of ill

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ibs-vs-ills