This is the 7117th most frequent Polish word.
il
"Il" in Polish means "clay."
'Ile' functions as a question word inquiring about quantity in an interrogative sentence.
Ile chcesz zupy?
How much soup do you want?
'Ile' is used to specify an amount or number of days in an indirect question.
Nie wiem ile dni to zajmie.
I don't know how many days it will take.
'Ile' is used here as a question about 'price,' representing a quantity in monetary terms.