Which to use
“iles” is a noun and “ITER” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,699
- “iles” frequency rank
- #46,832
- “ITER” frequency rank
- 61531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | iles | ITER |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Parties latérales et inférieures du bas-ventre. | Projet scientifique international de recherche sur un réacteur à fusion nucléaire de type tokamak. |
Where the eye mixes iles and ITER
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. iles and ITER follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between iles and ITER
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: iles is \i.lɛs\ while ITER is \i.tɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
iles is recorded at frequency rank #14,699, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.lɛs\. ITER is at rank #46,832, tagged as aname, pronounced \i.tɛʁ\.
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 61531, this pair ranks #91,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of iles vs ITER
Shared letters: ei. Private to "iles": ls. Private to "ITER": rt.
"iles" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ITER" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "iles" for "ITER" ever safe?
Frequency check: "iles" vs "ITER" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "iles" and "ITER" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "iles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ITER" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "iles" and "ITER" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ime vs ITER". 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 #91,754 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.