# its vs iz

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### its
*determiner · IPA /ɪts/ · frequency rank #75*
Belonging to it.

### iz
*verb · frequency rank #32,457*
third-person singular simple present indicative of be

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-iz