its vs IVG, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“its” is a determiner and “IVG” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,916
“its” frequency rank: #14,960
“IVG” frequency rank: 30876
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	its	IVG
Definition	Son, sa (lorsque c’est une chose qui possède).	Avortement provoqué de manière médicale et assistée.

Where the eye mixes its and IVG

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

3 ch

its

3 ch

IVG

Look-alike desk: its vs IVG

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: its is \ɪts\ while IVG is \i ve ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

its is recorded at frequency rank #15,916, classified as adet, pronounced \ɪts\. IVG is at rank #14,960, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i ve ʒe\.

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 30876, this pair ranks #307,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of its vs IVG

Shared letters: i. Private to "its": st. Private to "IVG": gv.

"its" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "IVG" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Frequency check: "its" vs "IVG" - which ranks higher?

"IVG" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,960 in our French list, against #15,916 for "its". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

Full dictionary entry for "its" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "IVG" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #307,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"its" and "IVG" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isi vs its". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #307,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.