ITCvsizWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ITC is a name, iz is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

3 ch
ITC
2 ch
iz

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ITC" is a name and "iz" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ITC" or "iz"?
"iz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,457 in our English list, against #34,549 for "ITC". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list