IndvsintWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Ind is a name, int is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Ind” is a name and “int” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,538
“Ind” frequency rank
#9,770
“int” frequency rank
23308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ind int
Definition India; the East. 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: Ind vs int

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ind and int apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Ind
3 ch
int

Part-of-speech tell for Ind / int

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ind is aname and intaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “Ind” becomes t in “int”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ind is recorded at frequency rank #13,538, classified as aname, pronounced /ɪnd/. 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 23308, this pair ranks #410,272 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Ind vs int

Shared letters: in. Private to "Ind": d. Private to "int": t.

"Ind" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "int" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Ind" for "int" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ind" is a name and "int" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Ind" vs "int" - which ranks higher?
"int" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,770 in our English list, against #13,538 for "Ind". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Ind" vs "int" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ind" 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 #410,272 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ind" and "int" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ind vs ith". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #410,272 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list