IME vs is, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#47,112
“IME” frequency rank: #8
“is” frequency rank: 47120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	IME	is
Definition	Initialism of input method editor.	third-person singular simple present indicative of be

Letter map: IME vs is

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

3 ch

IME

2 ch

Role in the sentence - IME and is

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: IME is anoun and isaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

IME is recorded at frequency rank #47,112, classified as anoun. 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 47120, this pair ranks #205,388 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of IME vs is

Shared letters: i. Private to "IME": em. Private to "is": s.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

In ordinary English text, does "IME" or "is" show up more?

"is" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8 in our English list, against #47,112 for "IME". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "IME" 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 #205,388 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"IME" and "is" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "IME vs ith". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #205,388 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.