it's vs ITC, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“it's” is a contraction and “ITC” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#55
“it's” frequency rank: #34,549
“ITC” frequency rank: 34604
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	it's	ITC
Definition	Contraction of it + is.	Initialism of Independent Television Commission.

Letter map: it's vs ITC

Shared letters muted; letters that set it's and ITC apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

it's

3 ch

ITC

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: it's is acontraction and ITCaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

it's is recorded at frequency rank #55, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ɪts/. ITC is at rank #34,549, tagged as aname.

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 34604, this pair ranks #319,356 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of it's vs ITC

Shared letters: it. Private to "it's": s. Private to "ITC": c.

"it's" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "ITC" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "it's" and "ITC" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "it's" is a contraction and "ITC" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "it's" or "ITC"?

"it's" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #55 in our English list, against #34,549 for "ITC". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.