illico

\i.li.kɔ\

/\i.li.kɔ\/ adv

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The verdict

“illico” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,627
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
6
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sur-le-champ, immédiatement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-illico · illico · French

illico · rank #24,627 · 6 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,627
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH hériter

Nearest frequency peer: hériter (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « illico »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « illico » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for illico
PropertyValue
Headwordillico
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\i.li.kɔ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,627
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « illico »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.illicose place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hériter » (#24,626), « illumination » (#24,628), « huissiers » (#24,624). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « illico » est au #24,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around illico (IPA \i.li.kɔ\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #24,627 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sur-le-champ, immédiatement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for illico, with forms such as "ilico", "ililco", and "illcio". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is illico, spelled I-L-L-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sur-le-champ, immédiatement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si je publie des noms, combien de Pénélopes Passeront illico pour de fieffées salopes ?
  2. « Aide Pauline à enlever son imper », dit-il péremptoire. Et comme Michelot, déjà rouge, ouvrait la bouche : « Illico ! » cria M. Gombaroux, d’une voix terrible.

Synonyms

aussitôtimmédiatementséance tenantesur-le-champtout de suite

This word in other languages

ASAP(English)en seguida(Español)alsbald(Deutsch)imediatamente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilico
  • ililco
  • illcio
  • illicco
  • illioc
  • lilico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of illico - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ilico1ililco2illcio2illicco1illioc2lilico2
Edit distance from "illico"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "illico"?
"illico" is spelled I-L-L-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \i.li.kɔ\.
What does "illico" mean?
As an adverb, "illico" means: Sur-le-champ, immédiatement.
What are common misspellings of "illico"?
Common misspellings include "ilico", "ililco", "illcio", "illicco", "illioc". The correct spelling is "illico".
How do you pronounce "illico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "illico" is \i.li.kɔ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "illico" come from?
"illico" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

harbor#24,622juteux#24,649fumant#24,601lasers#24,653

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

garce6 variantsmerry6 variantseffroi6 variantsorion6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list