# ISIL vs Ismail

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ISIL
*name · IPA /ˈaɪsəl/ · frequency rank #18,597*
Synonym of ISIS.

### Ismail
*name · frequency rank #26,846*
Ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs and a prophet of Islam.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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