ihrvsiusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ihr is a pronoun, ius is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ihr” is a pronoun and “ius” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#72
“ihr” frequency rank
#48,256
“ius” frequency rank
48328
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ihr ius
Definition 2. Person Plural Recht (Satzung, Inbegriff von Gesetzen und Verordnungen)

Letter map: ihr vs ius

Shared letters muted; letters that set ihr and ius apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
ihr
3 ch
ius

Role in the sentence - ihr and ius

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ihr is apronoun and iusanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ihr is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as apron, pronounced [iːɐ̯]. ius is at rank #48,256, tagged as anoun, 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 48328, this pair ranks #1,252,582 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ihr vs ius

Shared letters: i. Private to "ihr": hr. Private to "ius": su.

"ihr" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "ius" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ihr" for "ius" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ihr" is a pronoun and "ius" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ihr" or "ius"?
"ihr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #72 in our German list, against #48,256 for "ius". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "ihr" vs "ius" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ihr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ius" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,252,582 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ihr" and "ius" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ius vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,252,582 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list