iz
"iz" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“iz” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,457) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #32,457
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of be
Corpus desk
Index EN-iz · iz · English
iz · rank #32,457 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,457
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Ivanka
Nearest frequency peer: Ivanka (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “iz”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- irreparable
irreparable
67,547 corpus weight
- Ivanka
Ivanka
67,545 corpus weight
- iz
iz
67,544 corpus weight
- jer
jer
67,543 corpus weight
- Jimenez
Jimenez
67,542 corpus weight
- journeyman
journeyman
67,541 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “iz” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #32,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “iz”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for iz is neighbouring look-alikes ("Izzy", "i", …), not just typos; it is averb. Frequency #32,457 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of be".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for iz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Izzy", "i", "in", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Eye dialect spelling of is. The correct English form is iz, spelled I-Z.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of be
Etymology
Eye dialect spelling of is.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.