im vs ius, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#17
“im” frequency rank: #48,256
“ius” frequency rank: 48273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	im	ius
Definition	Position innerhalb einer genannten Zeitspanne - wann?	Recht (Satzung, Inbegriff von Gesetzen und Verordnungen)

Letter map: im vs ius

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

2 ch

3 ch

ius

Grammar separator: im vs ius

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: im is anabbrev and iusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

im is recorded at frequency rank #17, classified as anabbrev, pronounced [ɪm]. 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 48273, this pair ranks #1,254,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of im vs ius

Shared letters: i. Private to "im": m. Private to "ius": su.

"im" · 2 letters · shape VC · "ius" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "im" and "ius" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "im" is an abbrev and "ius" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "im" or "ius"?

"im" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17 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.

What to do next

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

Full dictionary entry for "im" 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 #1,254,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"im" and "ius" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ius vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,254,626 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.