IgorvsitoTell them apart

Quick tell: Igor is a name, ito is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Igor” is a name and “ito” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,450
“Igor” frequency rank
#42,956
“ito” frequency rank
60406
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Igor ito
Definition Prénom masculin d’origine russe. (se) Noyer, (s') asphyxier, (s') étouffer.

Letter map: Igor vs ito

Shared letters muted; letters that set Igor and ito apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Igor
3 ch
ito

Role in the sentence - Igor and ito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Igor is aname and itoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Igor is recorded at frequency rank #17,450, classified as aname, pronounced \i.ɡɔʁ\. 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 60406, this pair ranks #97,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Igor vs ito

Shared letters: io. Private to "Igor": gr. Private to "ito": t.

"Igor" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "ito" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Igorgior · iggor · igorr · igro · iogr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Igor" and "ito" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Igor" is a name and "ito" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Igor" vs "ito" - which ranks higher?
"Igor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,450 in our French list, against #42,956 for "ito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Igor" and "ito". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Igor" 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 #97,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Igor" 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 #97,781 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