its
/ɪts/
The verdict
“its” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,002 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #18,002
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Su, sus; que pertenece a un animal o una cosa.
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 | its |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪts/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #18,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “its” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for its is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪts/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,002 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Su, sus; que pertenece a un animal o una cosa.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for its, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ix", "IU", "IVA", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is its, spelled I-T-S.
Definition
- 1Su, sus; que pertenece a un animal o una cosa.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “its”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪts/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ix” - see the side-by-side comparison. its vs ix
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.