# ins vs its

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ins
*abbrev · IPA [ɪns] · frequency rank #192*
Beschreibung einer Richtung in etwas hinein - wohin?

### its
*pronoun · IPA [ɪts] · frequency rank #9,388*
sein

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ins-vs-its