# ir vs is

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### ir
*verb · IPA [ˈiɾ] · frequency rank #186*
Desplazarse de un lugar a otro.

### is
*verb · IPA /ɪz/ · frequency rank #2,727*
Tercera persona del singular (he, she, it) del presente simple de be.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/ir-vs-is