Which to use
“ides” is a noun and “its” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,389
- “ides” frequency rank
- #15,916
- “its” frequency rank
- 58305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ides | its |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Le quinzième jour des mois de mars, de mai, de juillet et d’octobre dans le calendrier des anciens Romains, et le treizième des autres mois. | Son, sa (lorsque c’est une chose qui possède). |
Where the eye mixes ides and its
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ides vs its
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ides is \id\ 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 (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ides is recorded at frequency rank #42,389, classified as anoun, pronounced \id\. its is at rank #15,916, tagged as adet, 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 58305, this pair ranks #109,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ides vs its
Shared letters: is. Private to "ides": de. Private to "its": t.
"ides" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "its" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ides ← iddes · idess · ieds
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ides" and "its" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ides" or "its"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ides" and "its" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ides" 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 #109,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ides" and "its" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ides vs ime". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #109,849 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.