icevsIvoTell them apart

Quick tell: ice is a pronoun, Ivo is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ice” is a pronoun and “Ivo” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,518
“ice” frequency rank
#47,402
“Ivo” frequency rank
57920
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ice Ivo
Definition Variante de iço. Yves.

Letter map: ice vs Ivo

Shared letters muted; letters that set ice and Ivo apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
ice
3 ch
Ivo

Grammar separator: ice vs Ivo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ice is apronoun and Ivoaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ice is recorded at frequency rank #10,518, classified as apron. Ivo is at rank #47,402, tagged as aname, pronounced \i.vo\.

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 57920, this pair ranks #112,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ice vs Ivo

Shared letters: i. Private to "ice": ce. Private to "Ivo": ov.

"ice" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "Ivo" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ice" for "Ivo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ice" is a pronoun and "Ivo" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "ice" or "Ivo" show up more?
"ice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,518 in our French list, against #47,402 for "Ivo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "ice" and "Ivo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #112,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ice" and "Ivo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isi vs Ivo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #112,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list