# IQ vs iso

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### IQ
*noun · IPA /ˌaɪ ˈkjuː/ · frequency rank #11,406*
Initialism of intelligence quotient.

### iso
*noun · IPA /ˈaɪsəʊ/ · frequency rank #9,771*
Clipping of isolation.

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