Which to use
“ICJ” is a name and “icy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,411
- “ICJ” frequency rank
- #14,141
- “icy” frequency rank
- 63552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ICJ | icy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of International Court of Justice. | Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty. |
Letter map: ICJ vs icy
Shared letters muted; letters that set ICJ and icy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ICJ (VCC) and icy (VCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - ICJ and icy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ICJ is aname and icyanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - j in “ICJ” becomes y in “icy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ICJ is recorded at frequency rank #49,411, classified as aname. icy is at rank #14,141, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈaɪsi/.
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 63552, this pair ranks #82,337 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ICJ vs icy
Shared letters: ci. Private to "ICJ": j. Private to "icy": y.
"ICJ" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "icy" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ICJ" for "icy" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ICJ" or "icy"?
What to do next
You've compared "ICJ" and "icy". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ICJ" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "icy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,337 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ICJ" and "icy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ICJ vs ith". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #82,337 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.