# ils vs iu

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### ils
*pronoun · IPA \il\ · frequency rank #44,900*
eles

### iu
*abbrev · IPA /ˈi.u/, /ˈi.ʊ/ · frequency rank #42,065*
código de língua ISO 639-3 para a macrolíngua esquimó/inuktitut

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ils-vs-iu