ic vs its, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#25,339
“ic” frequency rank: #11,659
“its” frequency rank: 36998
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ic	its
Definition	eu, pronome pessoal do caso reto da primeira pessoa do singular	adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa neutra do singular, dele ou dela.

Letter map: ic vs its

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

2 ch

3 ch

its

Role in the sentence - ic and its

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ic is apronoun and itsanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36998, 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/. its is at rank #11,659, tagged as anadj.

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 36998, this pair ranks #29,700 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ic vs its

Shared letters: i. Private to "ic": c. Private to "its": st.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"its" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,659 in our Portuguese list, against #25,339 for "ic". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "ic" 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 #29,700 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ic" and "its" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ic vs ino". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #29,700 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.