isstvsiusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: isst is a verb, ius is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#4,128
“isst” frequency rank
#48,256
“ius” frequency rank
52384
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature isst ius
Definition 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs essen Recht (Satzung, Inbegriff von Gesetzen und Verordnungen)

Letter map: isst vs ius

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

4 ch
isst
3 ch
ius

Part-of-speech tell for isst / ius

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: isst is averb and iusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

isst is recorded at frequency rank #4,128, classified as averb, pronounced [ɪst]. 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 52384, this pair ranks #1,099,014 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of isst vs ius

Shared letters: is. Private to "isst": t. Private to "ius": u.

"isst" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "ius" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • isstisstt · ißt · sist

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "isst" and "ius" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "isst" is a verb and "ius" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "isst" or "ius"?
"isst" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,128 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.

What to do next

Pair "isst" vs "ius" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "isst" 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 #1,099,014 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "isst" and "ius" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ius vs puzzles". 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 #1,099,014 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list