Which to use
“ISIS” is an abbrev and “Ists” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,491
- “ISIS” frequency rank
- #14,331
- “Ists” frequency rank
- 21822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ISIS | Ists |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abkürzung für die Terrorgruppe „Islamischer Staat im Irak und Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in (Groß-)Syrien“ | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Ist |
Letter map: ISIS vs Ists
Shared letters muted; letters that set ISIS and Ists apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - ISIS and Ists
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ISIS is anabbrev and Istsanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “ISIS” becomes t in “Ists”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ISIS is recorded at frequency rank #7,491, classified as anabbrev. Ists is at rank #14,331, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɪst͡s].
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 21822, this pair ranks #1,881,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ISIS vs Ists
Shared letters: is. Private to "ISIS": -. Private to "Ists": t.
"ISIS" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "Ists" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "ISIS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Ists" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,881,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ISIS" and "Ists" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "IMs vs Ists". 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 #1,881,736 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.