# ice vs IQ

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ice
*noun · IPA /aɪs/ · frequency rank #1,081*
Water in frozen (solid) form.

### IQ
*noun · IPA /ˌaɪ ˈkjuː/ · frequency rank #11,406*
Initialism of intelligence quotient.

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