Which to use
“international” is an adjective and “internationally” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #435
- “international” frequency rank
- #7,702
- “internationally” frequency rank
- 8137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | international | internationally |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of or having to do with more than one nation. | In an international manner. |
Letter map: international vs internationally
Shared letters muted; letters that set international and internationally apart highlighted. Shared run: 13. international runs 13 letters (VCCVCCVCVVCVC) against internationally's 15 (VCCVCCVCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: international vs internationally
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: international is anadjective and internationallyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “international” sits inside “internationally”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
international is recorded at frequency rank #435, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/. internationally is at rank #7,702, tagged as anadv.
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 8137, this pair ranks #503,965 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of international vs internationally
Shared letters: aeilnort. Private to "international": -. Private to "internationally": y.
"international" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCVC · "internationally" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- international ← inetrnational · innternational · intenrational · interantional · internaitonal · internatinoal · internatioanl · internationall
- internationally ← inetrnationally · innternationally · intenrationally · interantionally · internaitonally · internatinoally · internatioanlly · internationallyy
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "international" and "internationally". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "international" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "internationally" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #503,965 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "international" and "internationally" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Internationale vs internationally". 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 #503,965 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.