# IA vs its

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### IA
*name · frequency rank #11,234*
Abbreviation of Iowa: a state of the United States.

### its
*determiner · IPA /ɪts/ · frequency rank #75*
Belonging to it.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ia-vs-its