intvsintroWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#9,770
“int” frequency rank
#9,487
“intro” frequency rank
19257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature int intro
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 An introduction.

Letter map: int vs intro

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

3 ch
int
5 ch
intro

Part-of-speech tell for int / intro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: int is averb and introanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “int” sits inside “intro”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

int is recorded at frequency rank #9,770, classified as averb. intro is at rank #9,487, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɪntɹoʊ/.

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 19257, this pair ranks #439,417 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of int vs intro

Shared letters: int. Private to "int": -. Private to "intro": or.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • introinntro · inrto · intor · intrro · inttro · itnro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "int" and "intro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "int" is a verb and "intro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "int" or "intro" show up more?
"intro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,487 in our English list, against #9,770 for "int". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "int" vs "intro" 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 "intro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #439,417 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "int" and "intro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "int 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 #439,417 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