# cil vs cy

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### cil
*noun · IPA \sil\ · frequency rank #33,611*
Poil des paupières.

### cy
*adverb · frequency rank #27,395*
Ci.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/cil-vs-cy