is vs isha, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#8
“is” frequency rank: #49,432
“isha” frequency rank: 49440
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	is	isha
Definition	third-person singular simple present indicative of be	The evening/night Islamic prayer.

Letter map: is vs isha

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

2 ch

4 ch

isha

Part-of-speech tell for is / isha

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: is is averb and ishaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “is” sits inside “isha”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

is is recorded at frequency rank #8, classified as averb, pronounced /ɪz/. 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 49440, this pair ranks #183,586 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of is vs isha

Shared letters: is. Private to "is": -. Private to "isha": ah.

"is" · 2 letters · shape VC · "isha" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

isha ← ihsa · isah · ishha · issha · siha

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "is" for "isha" ever safe?

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

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

"is" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8 in our English list, against #49,432 for "isha". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "is" 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 #183,586 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"is" 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 #183,586 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.