Which to use
“icon” is a noun and “ito” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,845
- “icon” frequency rank
- #42,956
- “ito” frequency rank
- 81801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | icon | ito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Icône. | (se) Noyer, (s') asphyxier, (s') étouffer. |
Letter map: icon vs ito
Shared letters muted; letters that set icon and ito apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - icon and ito
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: icon is anoun and itoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
icon is recorded at frequency rank #38,845, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈaɪ.kɒn\. ito is at rank #42,956, tagged as averb.
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 81801, this pair ranks #18,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of icon vs ito
Shared letters: io. Private to "icon": cn. Private to "ito": t.
"icon" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ito" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- icon ← iccon · icno · iconn · iocn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "icon" for "ito" ever safe?
Frequency check: "icon" vs "ito" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "icon" vs "ito" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "icon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "icon" and "ito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isi vs ito". 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 #18,014 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.