int'lvsintoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: int'l is a adjective, into is a preposition, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“int'l” is an adjective and “into” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,518
“int'l” frequency rank
#83
“into” frequency rank
37601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature int'l into
Definition Abbreviation of international. To or towards the inside of.

Letter map: int'l vs into

Shared letters muted; letters that set int'l and into apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
int'l
4 ch
into

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: int'l is anadjective and intoapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

int'l is recorded at frequency rank #37,518, classified as anadj. into is at rank #83, tagged as aprep, pronounced /ˈɪn.tuː/.

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 37601, this pair ranks #293,161 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of int'l vs into

Shared letters: int. Private to "int'l": l. Private to "into": o.

"int'l" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "into" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intoinnto · inot · intto · itno · nito

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "int'l" and "into" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "int'l" is an adjective and "into" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "int'l" or "into"?
"into" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #83 in our English list, against #37,518 for "int'l". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list