Which to use
“inch” is a noun and “int” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,067
- “inch” frequency rank
- #9,770
- “int” frequency rank
- 12837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inch | int |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb. | To die intentionally in a match by having oneself slain by enemy characters or structures so as to give resources to the opposing team |
Letter map: inch vs int
Shared letters muted; letters that set inch and int apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: inch vs int
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: inch is anoun and intaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inch is recorded at frequency rank #3,067, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪnt͡ʃ/. int is at rank #9,770, 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 12837, this pair ranks #479,280 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inch vs int
Shared letters: in. Private to "inch": ch. Private to "int": t.
"inch" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "int" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inch ← icnh · incch · inchh · inhc · innch · nich
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "inch" and "int". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "inch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "int" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #479,280 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inch" and "int" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "int vs ith". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #479,280 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.