# IIT vs ill

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### IIT
*name · frequency rank #32,441*
Initialism of Indian Institutes of Technology.

### 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.
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