int'lvsit'llWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: int'l is a adjective, it'll is a contraction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#37,518
“int'l” frequency rank
#2,584
“it'll” frequency rank
40102
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature int'l it'll
Definition Abbreviation of international. Contraction of it + shall.

Letter map: int'l vs it'll

Shared letters muted; letters that set int'l and it'll apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
int'l
5 ch
it'll

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: int'l is anadjective and it'llacontraction. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

int'l is recorded at frequency rank #37,518, classified as anadj. it'll is at rank #2,584, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈɪtl̩/.

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 40102, this pair ranks #270,657 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of int'l vs it'll

Shared letters: ilt. Private to "int'l": n. Private to "it'll": -.

"int'l" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "it'll" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "int'l" and "it'll" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "int'l" is an adjective and "it'll" a contraction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "int'l" or "it'll"?
"it'll" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,584 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