intvsINTHETell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#9,770
“int” frequency rank
#48,296
“INTHE” frequency rank
58066
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature int INTHE
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 Initialism of inevitable near-term human extinction.

Letter map: int vs INTHE

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

3 ch
int
5 ch
INTHE

Role in the sentence - int and INTHE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: int is averb and INTHEanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “int” sits inside “INTHE”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

int is recorded at frequency rank #9,770, classified as averb. INTHE is at rank #48,296, tagged as anoun.

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 58066, this pair ranks #115,060 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of int vs INTHE

Shared letters: int. Private to "int": -. Private to "INTHE": eh.

"int" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "INTHE" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • INTHEinhte · innthe · inteh · inthhe · intthe · itnhe · nithe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "int" and "INTHE" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "int" is a verb and "INTHE" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "int" or "INTHE"?
"int" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,770 in our English list, against #48,296 for "INTHE". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "int" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "INTHE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,060 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "int" and "INTHE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "INTHE 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 #115,060 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