# ill vs it'll

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### it'll
*contraction · IPA /ˈɪtl̩/ · frequency rank #2,584*
Contraction of it + shall.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ill-vs-it-ll