int'l vs it's, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#37,518
“int'l” frequency rank: #55
“it's” frequency rank: 37573
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	int'l	it's
Definition	Abbreviation of international.	Contraction of it + is.

Letter map: int'l vs it's

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

5 ch

int'l

4 ch

it's

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'sacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37573, 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's is at rank #55, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ɪts/.

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 37573, this pair ranks #293,398 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of int'l vs it's

Shared letters: it. Private to "int'l": ln. Private to "it's": s.

"int'l" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "it's" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "int'l" and "it's" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "int'l" is an adjective and "it's" a contraction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "int'l" or "it's"?

"it's" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #55 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.