Which to use
“ir” is a verb and “Ivry” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,065
- “ir” frequency rank
- #22,594
- “Ivry” frequency rank
- 36659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ir | Ivry |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aller, se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit. | Ancien nom de la commune française Ivry-en-Montagne. |
Letter map: ir vs Ivry
Shared letters muted; letters that set ir and Ivry apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ir / Ivry
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ir is averb and Ivryaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ir is recorded at frequency rank #14,065, classified as averb, pronounced \iɾ\. Ivry is at rank #22,594, 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 36659, this pair ranks #268,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ir vs Ivry
Shared letters: ir. Private to "ir": -. Private to "Ivry": vy.
"ir" · 2 letters · shape VC · "Ivry" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Ivry ← irvy · ivrry · ivryy · ivvry · ivyr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ir" for "Ivry" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ir" or "Ivry"?
After this comparison
You've compared "ir" and "Ivry". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Ivry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ir" and "Ivry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "IRD vs Ivry". 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 #268,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.