ic vs is, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ic” is a pronoun and “is” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,339
“ic” frequency rank: #1,709
“is” frequency rank: 27048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ic	is
Definition	eu, pronome pessoal do caso reto da primeira pessoa do singular	contração de agus; e

Letter map: ic vs is

Shared letters muted; letters that set ic and is apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for ic / is

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ic is apronoun and isaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “ic” becomes s in “is”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ic is recorded at frequency rank #25,339, classified as apron, pronounced /iʧ/. is is at rank #1,709, tagged as averb.

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 27048, this pair ranks #41,979 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ic vs is

Shared letters: i. Private to "ic": c. Private to "is": s.

"ic" · 2 letters · shape VC · "is" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ic" and "is" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ic" is a pronoun and "is" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "ic" or "is"?

"is" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,709 in our Portuguese list, against #25,339 for "ic". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "ic" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "is" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #41,979 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ic" and "is" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ic vs ino". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #41,979 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.