iravsIvryWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#2,932
“ira” frequency rank
#22,594
“Ivry” frequency rank
25526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ira Ivry
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif futur simple de aller. Ancien nom de la commune française Ivry-en-Montagne.

Letter map: ira vs Ivry

Shared letters muted; letters that set ira and Ivry apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
ira
4 ch
Ivry

Role in the sentence - ira and Ivry

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ira is averb and Ivryaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ira is recorded at frequency rank #2,932, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ʁa\. 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 25526, this pair ranks #340,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ira vs Ivry

Shared letters: ir. Private to "ira": a. Private to "Ivry": vy.

"ira" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "Ivry" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Ivryirvy · ivrry · ivryy · ivvry · ivyr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ira" and "Ivry" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ira" is a verb and "Ivry" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ira" vs "Ivry" - which ranks higher?
"ira" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,932 in our French list, against #22,594 for "Ivry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ira" and "Ivry". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ira" 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 #340,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ira" 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 #340,377 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