inputvsintTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,953
“input” frequency rank
#9,770
“int” frequency rank
13723
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature input int
Definition The act or process of putting in; infusion. 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: input vs int

Shared letters muted; letters that set input and int apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
input
3 ch
int

Part-of-speech tell for input / int

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: input is anoun and intaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

input is recorded at frequency rank #3,953, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɪnpʊt/. 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 13723, this pair ranks #474,183 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of input vs int

Shared letters: int. Private to "input": pu. Private to "int": -.

"input" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "int" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inputinnput · inpput · inptu · inputt · inupt · ipnut · niput

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "input" and "int" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "input" is a noun and "int" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "input" vs "int" - which ranks higher?
"input" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,953 in our English list, against #9,770 for "int". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "input" and "int". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "input" 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 #474,183 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "input" 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 #474,183 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