ImmavsishaConfusable pair

Quick tell: Imma is a contraction, isha is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Imma” is a contraction and “isha” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,791
“Imma” frequency rank
#49,432
“isha” frequency rank
75223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Imma isha
Definition Contraction of I'm + gonna. The evening/night Islamic prayer.

Letter map: Imma vs isha

Shared letters muted; letters that set Imma and isha apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Imma
4 ch
isha

Grammar separator: Imma vs isha

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Imma is acontraction and ishaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Imma is recorded at frequency rank #25,791, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈaɪmə/. isha is at rank #49,432, tagged as anoun.

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 75223, this pair ranks #33,813 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Imma vs isha

Shared letters: ai. Private to "Imma": m. Private to "isha": hs.

"Imma" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "isha" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Immamima
  • ishaihsa · isah · ishha · issha · siha

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Imma" for "isha" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Imma" is a contraction and "isha" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "Imma" or "isha" show up more?
"Imma" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,791 in our English list, against #49,432 for "isha". 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 "Imma" and "isha".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Imma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "isha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,813 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Imma" and "isha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isha vs ith". 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 #33,813 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list