Ima vs is, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Ima” is a contraction and “is” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,790
“Ima” frequency rank: #8
“is” frequency rank: 25798
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Ima	is
Definition	Alternative form of Imma (I'm going to).	third-person singular simple present indicative of be

Letter map: Ima vs is

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ima and is apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

Ima

2 ch

Role in the sentence - Ima and is

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ima is acontraction and isaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ima is recorded at frequency rank #25,790, classified as acontraction. is is at rank #8, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɪz/.

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 25798, this pair ranks #391,528 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Ima vs is

Shared letters: i. Private to "Ima": am. Private to "is": s.

"Ima" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "is" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Ima" and "is" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ima" is a contraction and "is" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "Ima" vs "is" - which ranks higher?

"is" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8 in our English list, against #25,790 for "Ima". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "Ima" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "is" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #391,528 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Ima" and "is" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ilan vs Ima". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #391,528 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.