Which to use
“ITC” is a name and “iz” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,549
- “ITC” frequency rank
- #32,457
- “iz” frequency rank
- 67006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ITC | iz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of Independent Television Commission. | third-person singular simple present indicative of be |
Letter map: ITC vs iz
Shared letters muted; letters that set ITC and iz apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for ITC / iz
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ITC is aname and izaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ITC is recorded at frequency rank #34,549, classified as aname. iz is at rank #32,457, tagged as averb.
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 67006, this pair ranks #65,368 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ITC vs iz
Shared letters: i. Private to "ITC": ct. Private to "iz": z.
"ITC" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "iz" · 2 letters · shape VC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ITC" for "iz" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ITC" or "iz"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ITC" and "iz". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ITC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "iz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,368 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ITC" and "iz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ITC vs ith". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #65,368 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.