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

Which to use

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

#9,770
“int” frequency rank: #37,518
“int'l” frequency rank: 47288
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	int	int'l
Definition	To die intentionally in a match by having oneself slain by enemy characters or structures so as to give resources to the opposing team	Abbreviation of international.

Letter map: int vs int'l

Shared letters muted; letters that set int and int'l apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. int runs 3 letters (VCC) against int'l's 4 (VCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch

int

5 ch

int'l

Part-of-speech tell for int / int'l

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: int is averb and int'lanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “int” sits inside “int'l”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

int is recorded at frequency rank #9,770, classified as averb. int'l is at rank #37,518, tagged as anadj.

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 47288, this pair ranks #203,823 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of int vs int'l

Shared letters: int. Private to "int": -. Private to "int'l": l.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"int" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,770 in our English list, against #37,518 for "int'l". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "int" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "int'l" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #203,823 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"int" and "int'l" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "int'l vs INTHE". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #203,823 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.