Which to use
“icône” and “income” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,173
- “icône” frequency rank
- #47,957
- “income” frequency rank
- 58130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | icône | income |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Image sainte, le plus souvent peinte sur bois, qui est vénérée dans l'Église d'Orient. | Rente, revenu. |
Where the eye mixes icône and income
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. icône runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against income's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: icône vs income
A purely visual mix-up. icône (\i.kon\) and income ([ˈɪnˌkʌm]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
icône is recorded at frequency rank #10,173, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.kon\. income is at rank #47,957, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪnˌkʌm].
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 58130, this pair ranks #110,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of icône vs income
Shared letters: cein. Private to "icône": ô. Private to "income": mo.
"icône" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "income" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- income ← icnome · inccome · incmoe · incoem · incomme · inncome · inocme · nicome
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "icône" and "income" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "icône" vs "income" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "icône" and "income" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "icône" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "income" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "icône" and "income" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inclue vs income". 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 #110,841 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.