# ISIL

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈaɪsəl/ · frequency rank #18,597

## Definitions
1. Synonym of ISIS.

## Etymology
An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”). Compare ISIS, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “Syria” rather than “the Levant”.

## Easily confused with
- **iso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-iso)
- **ISS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-iss)
- **ISP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-isp)
- **isu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-isu)
- **ISR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-isr)
- **Isis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-isis)
- **isle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-isle)
- **issa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-issa)
- **Isla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-isla)
- **Ismail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-ismail)
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/is-vs-isil)
- **II** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ii-vs-isil)
- **ill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ill-vs-isil)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isa-vs-isil)
- **IRL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irl-vs-isil)
- **IPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipl-vs-isil)
- **ISI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isi-vs-isil)
- **IIT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iit-vs-isil)
- **ISD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isd-vs-isil)
- **ISC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isc-vs-isil)

## Common misspellings (5)
`iisl`, `isill`, `isli`, `issil`, `siil`

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