ici

\i.si\

/\i.si\/ adv

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The verdict

“ici” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #153) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#153
frequency rank, French
142,603
“I” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Il marque la proximité immédiate dans l’espace par rapport à soi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ici · ici · French

ici · rank #153 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #153
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 142,603
  • PHOTO-FINISH homme

Nearest frequency peer: homme (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “ici”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “ici” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ici vs il
33% similar
ici vs ii
67% similar
ici vs it
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ici
PropertyValue
Headwordici
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\i.si\
Letters3
Frequency rank#153
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ici” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ici lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ici is neighbouring look-alikes ("il", "ii", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced \i.si\. Frequency #153 among 142,603 “I” headwords. 7 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ici, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "il", "ii", "it", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ici, spelled I-C-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Il marque la proximité immédiate dans l’espace par rapport à soi.
  2. 2
    Dans ce pays-ci, dans cette ville-ci, etc., par opposition à un autre pays, à une autre ville, désignés quelquefois par l’adverbe là-bas.
  3. 3
    (là … ici) Il marque la différence des lieux, sans rapport de distance. Dans ce cas, il est corrélatif de l’adverbe là.
  4. 4
    (ici … là) Il marque une simple opposition entre deux actions faites à des moments différents.
  5. 5
    Il marque un point de départ dans le temps, dans un discours, dans une narration, dans un livre, etc.
  6. 6
    Il marque le moment présent.
  7. 7
    Il indique lors de la traduction d’un mot étranger que celle-ci est valable uniquement dans ce contexte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ici appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vous vous ennuierez bien ici.
  2. En partant d’ici vous mettrez deux heures pour aller à Paris.

Synonyms

céansciichiicicailleicigoicittelày

Antonyms

làailleurs

This word in other languages

here(English)aquí(Español)hier(Deutsch)aqui(Português)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ici"?
"ici" is spelled I-C-I. The IPA pronunciation is \i.si\.
What does "ici" mean?
As an adverb, "ici" means: Il marque la proximité immédiate dans l’espace par rapport à soi.
What words are commonly confused with "ici"?
"ici" is commonly confused with "il", "ii", "it". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ici"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ici" is \i.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ici" come from?
"ici" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ici", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cas#157nos#147car#162mal#164
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list