Which to use
“ITC” is a name and “itch” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,549
- “ITC” frequency rank
- #18,113
- “itch” frequency rank
- 52662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ITC | itch |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of Independent Television Commission. | A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area. |
Letter map: ITC vs itch
Shared letters muted; letters that set ITC and itch apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - ITC and itch
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ITC is aname and itchanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ITC” sits inside “itch”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ITC is recorded at frequency rank #34,549, classified as aname. itch is at rank #18,113, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɪt͡ʃ/.
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 52662, this pair ranks #155,184 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ITC vs itch
Shared letters: cit. Private to "ITC": -. Private to "itch": h.
"ITC" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "itch" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- itch ← icth · itcch · itchh · ithc · ittch · tich
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ITC" and "itch" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ITC" vs "itch" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "ITC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "itch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,184 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ITC" and "itch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ITC 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 #155,184 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.