ipsvsIpsosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ips is a symbol, Ipsos is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ips” is a symbol and “Ipsos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,871
“ips” frequency rank
#32,028
“Ipsos” frequency rank
70899
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ips Ipsos
Definition Unité de mesure de la fréquence d’échantillonnage d’un film : nombre d’images qui défilent par seconde. Entreprise de sondages française.

Letter map: ips vs Ipsos

Shared letters muted; letters that set ips and Ipsos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
ips
5 ch
Ipsos

Grammar separator: ips vs Ipsos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ips is asymbol and Ipsosaname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ips” sits inside “Ipsos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ips is recorded at frequency rank #38,871, classified as asymbol, pronounced \i.pe.ɛs\. Ipsos is at rank #32,028, tagged as aname.

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 70899, this pair ranks #49,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ips vs Ipsos

Shared letters: ips. Private to "ips": -. Private to "Ipsos": o.

"ips" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "Ipsos" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Ipsosiposs · ippsos · ipsoss · ipsso · ipssos · ispos · pisos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ips" and "Ipsos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ips" is a symbol and "Ipsos" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "ips" or "Ipsos" show up more?
"Ipsos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,028 in our French list, against #38,871 for "ips". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "ips" and "Ipsos". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ips" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ipsos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ips" and "Ipsos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ips vs isi". 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 #49,560 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