iggvsillWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: igg is a verb, ill is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“igg” is a verb and “ill” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,684
“igg” frequency rank
#1,946
“ill” frequency rank
43630
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature igg ill
Definition To ignore deliberately. Evil; wicked (of people).

Letter map: igg vs ill

Shared letters muted; letters that set igg and ill apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
igg
3 ch
ill

Part-of-speech tell for igg / ill

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: igg is averb and illanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

igg is recorded at frequency rank #41,684, classified as averb. ill is at rank #1,946, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɪl/.

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 43630, this pair ranks #238,144 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of igg vs ill

Shared letters: i. Private to "igg": g. Private to "ill": l.

"igg" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "ill" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "igg" and "ill" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "igg" is a verb and "ill" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "igg" vs "ill" - which ranks higher?
"ill" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,946 in our English list, against #41,684 for "igg". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "igg" and "ill". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "igg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ill" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #238,144 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "igg" and "ill" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "igg vs ith". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #238,144 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list