Which to use
“Irlande” is a name and “island” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,341
- “Irlande” frequency rank
- #6,406
- “island” frequency rank
- 10747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Irlande | island |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Île située à l’ouest de la Grande-Bretagne, au nord-ouest de l’Europe, et qui est composée de la République d’Irlande et de l’Irlande du Nord. | Île. |
Where the eye mixes Irlande and island
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Irlande vs island
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Irlande is \iʁ.lɑ̃d\ while island is \ˈaɪ.lənd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Irlande is recorded at frequency rank #4,341, classified as aname, pronounced \iʁ.lɑ̃d\. island is at rank #6,406, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈaɪ.lənd\.
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 10747, this pair ranks #411,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Irlande vs island
Shared letters: adiln. Private to "Irlande": er. Private to "island": s.
"Irlande" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "island" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Irlande" and "island" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Irlande" or "island"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Irlande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "island" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Irlande" and "island" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "island vs islands". 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 #411,788 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.