Which to use
“iced” is an adjective and “ices” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,832
- “iced” frequency rank
- #48,810
- “ices” frequency rank
- 64642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | iced | ices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | With ice added. | plural of ice |
Where the eye mixes iced and ices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. iced and ices follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: iced vs ices
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: iced is /ˈaɪst/ while ices is /ˈaɪsɪz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “iced” becomes s in “ices”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
iced is recorded at frequency rank #15,832, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈaɪst/. ices is at rank #48,810, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaɪsɪz/.
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 64642, this pair ranks #76,698 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of iced vs ices
Shared letters: cei. Private to "iced": d. Private to "ices": s.
"iced" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ices" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "iced" and "ices" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "iced" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,698 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "iced" and "ices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ices vs ICJ". 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 #76,698 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.