Which to use
“icon” and “ilo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,653
- “icon” frequency rank
- #43,641
- “ilo” frequency rank
- 77294
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | icon | ilo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Icono. | Herramienta |
Where the eye mixes icon and ilo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses icon with ilo
A purely visual mix-up. icon (/ˈaɪ.kɒn/) and ilo (/ˈilo/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
icon is recorded at frequency rank #33,653, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈaɪ.kɒn/. ilo is at rank #43,641, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈilo/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 77294, this pair ranks #16,254 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of icon vs ilo
Shared letters: io. Private to "icon": cn. Private to "ilo": l.
"icon" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ilo" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- icon ← cion · iccon · icno · iconn · iocn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "icon" and "ilo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "icon" or "ilo" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "icon" and "ilo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "icon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,254 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "icon" and "ilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ilo vs iza". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #16,254 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.