im vs its, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“im” and “its” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,152
“im” frequency rank: #18,002
“its” frequency rank: 28154
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	im	its
Definition	Mi.	Su, sus; que pertenece a un animal o una cosa.

Letter map: im vs its

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

2 ch

3 ch

its

Corpus notes: im and its

im and its are indexed as a confusable Spanish pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

im is recorded at frequency rank #10,152, classified as anadj. 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 28154, this pair ranks #223,363 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of im vs its

Shared letters: i. Private to "im": m. Private to "its": st.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

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

"im" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,152 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "im" and "its".

Full dictionary entry for "im" 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 #223,363 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"im" and "its" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "its vs iza". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #223,363 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.