Iloilo
/ʔɪ.loˈʔi.lo/
"iloilo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Iloilo” is uncommon English (frequency #53,013 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,013
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Iloilo City.
Corpus desk
Index EN-iloilo · Iloilo · English
Iloilo · rank #53,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,013
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH IFR
Nearest frequency peer: IFR (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Iloilo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hypnotist
hypnotist
46,993 corpus weight
- hypothesize
hypothesize
46,992 corpus weight
- IFR
IFR
46,990 corpus weight
- Iloilo
Iloilo
46,988 corpus weight
- infamously
infamously
46,985 corpus weight
- intellectua…
intellectualism
46,982 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Iloilo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iloilo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ʔɪ.loˈʔi.lo/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Iloilo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Iloilo is uncommon English at frequency #53,013 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ʔɪ.loˈʔi.lo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Iloilo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Iloílo, from Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of the land between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro is located. The correct English form is Iloilo, spelled I-L-O-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1A province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Iloilo City.
- 2An independent city, the provincial capital of Iloilo, Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.
Etymology
From Spanish Iloílo, from Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of the land between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro is located.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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