Which to use
“ice” is a pronoun and “ives” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,518
- “ice” frequency rank
- #47,977
- “ives” frequency rank
- 58495
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ice | ives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de iço. | Pluriel de ive. |
Letter map: ice vs ives
Shared letters muted; letters that set ice and ives apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ice / ives
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ice is apronoun and ivesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ice is recorded at frequency rank #10,518, classified as apron. ives is at rank #47,977, tagged as anoun, pronounced \iv\.
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 58495, this pair ranks #108,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ice vs ives
Shared letters: ei. Private to "ice": c. Private to "ives": sv.
"ice" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ives" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ives ← ievs · ivess · ivse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ice" and "ives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ice" or "ives"?
What to do next
Pair "ice" vs "ives" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ice" and "ives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ime vs ives". 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 #108,736 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.