ishavsithWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: isha is a noun, ith is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#49,432
“isha” frequency rank
#49,435
“ith” frequency rank
98867
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature isha ith
Definition The evening/night Islamic prayer. Occurring at position i in a sequence.

Letter map: isha vs ith

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

4 ch
isha
3 ch
ith

Role in the sentence - isha and ith

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: isha is anoun and ithanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 98867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

isha is recorded at frequency rank #49,432, classified as anoun. ith is at rank #49,435, tagged as anadj, pronounced /aɪθ/.

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 98867, this pair ranks #57 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of isha vs ith

Shared letters: hi. Private to "isha": as. Private to "ith": t.

"isha" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ith" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ishaihsa · isah · ishha · issha · siha

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "isha" and "ith" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "isha" is a noun and "ith" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "isha" or "ith" show up more?
"isha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #49,432 in our English list, against #49,435 for "ith". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "isha" and "ith".

  • Full dictionary entry for "isha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ith" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "isha" and "ith" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ISR 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 #57 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