intakevsINTHETell them apart

Which to use

“intake” and “INTHE” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,352
“intake” frequency rank
#48,296
“INTHE” frequency rank
55648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intake INTHE
Definition The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet. Initialism of inevitable near-term human extinction.

Letter map: intake vs INTHE

Shared letters muted; letters that set intake and INTHE apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. intake runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against INTHE's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
intake
5 ch
INTHE

Spelling & dictionary notes on intake vs INTHE

intake and INTHE are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intake is recorded at frequency rank #7,352, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɪnteɪk/. 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 55648, this pair ranks #132,053 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of intake vs INTHE

Shared letters: eint. Private to "intake": ak. Private to "INTHE": h.

"intake" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "INTHE" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intake ← inatke · inntake · intaek · intakke · intkae · inttake · itnake · nitake
  • INTHE ← inhte · innthe · inteh · inthhe · intthe · itnhe · nithe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "intake" and "INTHE" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "intake" vs "INTHE" - which ranks higher?
"intake" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,352 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "intake" vs "INTHE" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intake" 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 #132,053 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intake" 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 #132,053 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