INTHEvsithWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: INTHE is a noun, ith is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#48,296
“INTHE” frequency rank
#49,435
“ith” frequency rank
97731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature INTHE ith
Definition Initialism of inevitable near-term human extinction. Occurring at position i in a sequence.

Letter map: INTHE vs ith

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

5 ch
INTHE
3 ch
ith

Role in the sentence - INTHE and ith

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: INTHE is anoun and ithanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

INTHE is recorded at frequency rank #48,296, classified as anoun. ith is at rank #49,435, tagged as anadj, pronounced /aɪθ/.

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 97731, this pair ranks #254 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of INTHE vs ith

Shared letters: hit. Private to "INTHE": en. Private to "ith": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "INTHE" for "ith" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "INTHE" is a noun and "ith" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "INTHE" vs "ith" - which ranks higher?
"INTHE" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,296 in our English list, against #49,435 for "ith". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "INTHE" and "ith".

  • Full dictionary entry for "INTHE" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ith" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #254 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "INTHE" and "ith" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ISR 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 #254 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