id vs its, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“id” is a verb and “its” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,418
“id” frequency rank: #18,002
“its” frequency rank: 24420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	id	its
Definition	Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de ir.	Su, sus; que pertenece a un animal o una cosa.

Where the eye mixes id and its

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

2 ch

3 ch

its

Why the eye confuses id with its

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: id is [ˈið̞] while its is /ɪts/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

id is recorded at frequency rank #6,418, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈið̞]. its is at rank #18,002, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɪts/.

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 24420, this pair ranks #241,253 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of id vs its

Shared letters: i. Private to "id": d. Private to "its": st.

"id" · 2 letters · shape VC · "its" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "id" for "its" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "id" is a verb and "its" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Spanish text, does "id" or "its" show up more?

"id" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,418 in our Spanish list, against #18,002 for "its". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "id" and "its" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "id" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "its" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #241,253 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"id" and "its" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "its vs iza". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #241,253 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.