# IJ vs IPC

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### IJ
*name · IPA /eɪ/ · frequency rank #46,535*
A lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

### IPC
*name · frequency rank #30,463*
Initialism of Indian Penal Code, the former official criminal code of India.

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