io vs its, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#26,465
“io” frequency rank: #9,388
“its” frequency rank: 35853
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	io	its
Definition	Für die 1. Person Singular Nominativ/Subjektfall – im Objektfall: siehe me	sein

Letter map: io vs its

Shared letters muted; letters that set io and its apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

3 ch

its

Spelling & dictionary notes on io vs its

io and its 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

io is recorded at frequency rank #26,465, classified as apron, pronounced […]. its is at rank #9,388, tagged as apron, pronounced [ɪts].

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 35853, this pair ranks #1,629,949 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of io vs its

Shared letters: i. Private to "io": o. Private to "its": st.

"io" · 2 letters · shape VV · "its" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "io" for "its" ever safe?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "io" vs "its" - which ranks higher?

"its" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,388 in our German list, against #26,465 for "io". 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 "io" and "its".

Full dictionary entry for "io" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "its" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,629,949 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"io" and "its" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "io vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,629,949 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.