Which to use
“ISIS” is an abbrev and “its” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,491
- “ISIS” frequency rank
- #9,388
- “its” frequency rank
- 16879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ISIS | its |
|---|---|---|
| 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“ | sein |
Letter map: ISIS vs its
Shared letters muted; letters that set ISIS and its apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ISIS / its
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ISIS is anabbrev and itsapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ISIS is recorded at frequency rank #7,491, classified as anabbrev. 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 16879, this pair ranks #1,932,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ISIS vs its
Shared letters: is. Private to "ISIS": -. Private to "its": t.
"ISIS" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "its" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ISIS ← iiss · isiss · issi · issis · siis
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 "its" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,932,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ISIS" and "its" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "IMs vs its". 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 #1,932,245 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.