imvsisoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: im is a adjective, iso is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“im” is an adjective and “iso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,152
“im” frequency rank
#12,180
“iso” frequency rank
22332
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature im iso
Definition Mi. Cielo

Letter map: im vs iso

Shared letters muted; letters that set im and iso apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
im
3 ch
iso

Part-of-speech tell for im / iso

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: im is anadjective and isoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

im is recorded at frequency rank #10,152, classified as anadj. iso is at rank #12,180, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ìsó/.

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 22332, this pair ranks #250,819 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of im vs iso

Shared letters: i. Private to "im": m. Private to "iso": os.

"im" · 2 letters · shape VC  ·  "iso" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "im" and "iso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "im" is an adjective and "iso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "im" or "iso"?
"im" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,152 in our Spanish list, against #12,180 for "iso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "im" vs "iso" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "im" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "iso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,819 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "im" and "iso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "iso vs iza". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #250,819 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list