ImmovsioConfusable pair

Quick tell: Immo is a name, io is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Immo” is a name and “io” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,126
“Immo” frequency rank
#26,465
“io” frequency rank
59591
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Immo io
Definition männlicher Vorname Für die 1. Person Singular Nominativ/Subjektfall – im Objektfall: siehe me

Letter map: Immo vs io

Shared letters muted; letters that set Immo and io apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Immo
2 ch
io

Grammar separator: Immo vs io

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Immo is aname and ioapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Immo is recorded at frequency rank #33,126, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈɪmoː]. io is at rank #26,465, tagged as apron, 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 59591, this pair ranks #818,788 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Immo vs io

Shared letters: io. Private to "Immo": m. Private to "io": -.

"Immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "io" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Immoimom · mimo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Immo" for "io" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Immo" is a name and "io" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Immo" vs "io" - which ranks higher?
"io" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,465 in our German list, against #33,126 for "Immo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Immo" and "io".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Immo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "io" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #818,788 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Immo" and "io" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Immo vs IMs". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #818,788 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