ino vs its, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#49,532
“ino” frequency rank: #11,659
“its” frequency rank: 61191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ino	its
Definition	ser do sexo feminino; fêmea	adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa neutra do singular, dele ou dela.

Letter map: ino vs its

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

3 ch

ino

3 ch

its

Grammar separator: ino vs its

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ino is anoun and itsanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ino is recorded at frequency rank #49,532, classified as anoun. 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 61191, this pair ranks #7,262 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ino vs its

Shared letters: i. Private to "ino": no. Private to "its": st.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"its" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,659 in our Portuguese list, against #49,532 for "ino". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "ino" 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 #7,262 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ino" and "its" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ino vs ioiô". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #7,262 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.