# ilk

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪlk/ · frequency rank #32,443

## Definitions
1. Very; same.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”).
The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase of that ilk to families: the word thus came to mean family.

## Easily confused with
- **in** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-in)
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-is)
- **it** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-it)
- **IV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-iv)
- **IP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-ip)
- **IQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-iq)
- **io** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-io)
- **iz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-iz)
- **its** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-its)
- **inc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-inc)
- **ill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-ill)
- **ion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-ion)
- **iOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-ios)
- **ink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-ink)
- **inn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-inn)
- **ins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-ins)
- **IRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-irs)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-ira)
- **ivy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-ivy)
- **int** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ilk-vs-int)

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