id vs ii, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“id” and “ii” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,272
“id” frequency rank: #520
“ii” frequency rank: 5792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	id	ii
Definition	[1] Nominativ Singular Neutrum des Pronomens is	Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: id vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set id and ii apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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Spelling & dictionary notes on id vs ii

id and ii are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - d in “id” becomes i in “ii”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

id is recorded at frequency rank #5,272, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

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 5792, this pair ranks #1,993,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of id vs ii

Shared letters: i. Private to "id": d. Private to "ii": -.

"id" · 2 letters · shape VC · "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "id" for "ii" ever safe?

No. They differ by a single letter - d in “id” becomes i in “ii”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "id" or "ii" show up more?

"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #5,272 for "id". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "id" and "ii".

Full dictionary entry for "id" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,993,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"id" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "id vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,993,713 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.