imivsitsTell them apart

Quick tell: imi is a verb, its is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#47,938
“imi” frequency rank
#11,659
“its” frequency rank
59597
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imi its
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do passado do indicativo do verbo imeä: adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa neutra do singular, dele ou dela.

Letter map: imi vs its

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

3 ch
imi
3 ch
its

Part-of-speech tell for imi / its

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: imi is averb and itsanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

imi is recorded at frequency rank #47,938, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈi.mi/. 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 59597, this pair ranks #8,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of imi vs its

Shared letters: i. Private to "imi": m. Private to "its": st.

"imi" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "its" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "imi" and "its" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "imi" is a verb and "its" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "imi" or "its"?
"its" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,659 in our Portuguese list, against #47,938 for "imi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "imi" vs "its" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "imi" 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 #8,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imi" and "its" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imi vs ino". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #8,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list