# its

> English word · Determiner · IPA /ɪts/ · frequency rank #75

## Definitions
1. Belonging to it.

## Etymology
Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.

## Easily confused with
- **IV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-iv)
- **iz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-iz)
- **ivy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-ivy)
- **IVF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-ivf)
- **itt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-itt)
- **Ivo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-ivo)
- **IWC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-iwc)
- **Ives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-ives)
- **itty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-itty)
- **i** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/i-vs-its)
- **in** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/in-vs-its)
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/is-vs-its)
- **it** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/it-vs-its)
- **if** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/if-vs-its)
- **II** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ii-vs-its)
- **ID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/id-vs-its)
- **IP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ip-vs-its)
- **IA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ia-vs-its)
- **IQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iq-vs-its)
- **IG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ig-vs-its)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/its