ii vs ita, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ii” is a verb and “ita” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#968
“ii” frequency rank: #38,192
“ita” frequency rank: 39160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ii	ita
Definition	Primera persona del singular del perfecto activo de indicativo de eō.	Piedra, así

Where the eye mixes ii and ita

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

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ita

Why the eye confuses ii with ita

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ii is /ˈji/ while ita is [iˈta]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ii is recorded at frequency rank #968, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈji/. ita is at rank #38,192, tagged as anoun, pronounced [iˈta].

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 39160, this pair ranks #166,079 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ii vs ita

Shared letters: i. Private to "ii": -. Private to "ita": at.

"ii" · 2 letters · shape VV · "ita" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ii" for "ita" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ii" is a verb and "ita" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "ii" or "ita"?

"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #968 in our Spanish list, against #38,192 for "ita". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "ii" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #166,079 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ii" and "ita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ita vs iza". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #166,079 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.