is vs ius, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#478
“is” frequency rank: #48,256
“ius” frequency rank: 48734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	is	ius
Definition	[1] umgangssprachlich, dialektal, norddeutsch: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs sein	Recht (Satzung, Inbegriff von Gesetzen und Verordnungen)

Letter map: is vs ius

Shared letters muted; letters that set is and ius apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch

3 ch

ius

Grammar separator: is vs ius

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: is is averb and iusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

is is recorded at frequency rank #478, classified as averb, pronounced [ɪs]. 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 48734, this pair ranks #1,237,668 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of is vs ius

Shared letters: is. Private to "is": -. Private to "ius": u.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Frequency check: "is" vs "ius" - which ranks higher?

"is" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #478 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

You've compared "is" and "ius". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "is" 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 #1,237,668 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"is" and "ius" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ius vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,237,668 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.