its vs ius, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#9,388
“its” frequency rank: #48,256
“ius” frequency rank: 57644
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	its	ius
Definition	sein	Recht (Satzung, Inbegriff von Gesetzen und Verordnungen)

Letter map: its vs ius

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

3 ch

its

3 ch

ius

Part-of-speech tell for its / ius

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: its is apronoun and iusanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - t in “its” becomes u in “ius”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

its is recorded at frequency rank #9,388, classified as apron, pronounced [ɪts]. 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 57644, this pair ranks #893,351 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of its vs ius

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

"its" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "ius" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Which is more common, "its" or "ius"?

"its" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,388 in our German list, against #48,256 for "ius". 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 "its" and "ius".

Full dictionary entry for "its" 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 #893,351 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"its" and "ius" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ius vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #893,351 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.