# II vs ill

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### II
*noun · frequency rank #1,020*
Initialism of illegal immigrant.

### ill
*adjective · IPA /ɪl/ · frequency rank #1,946*
Evil; wicked (of people).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ii-vs-ill