Which to use
“ITC” is a name and “itty” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,549
- “ITC” frequency rank
- #48,299
- “itty” frequency rank
- 82848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ITC | itty |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of Independent Television Commission. | Extremely small; itty-bitty. |
Letter map: ITC vs itty
Shared letters muted; letters that set ITC and itty apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ITC / itty
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ITC is aname and ittyanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ITC is recorded at frequency rank #34,549, classified as aname. itty is at rank #48,299, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɪti/.
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 82848, this pair ranks #14,958 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ITC vs itty
Shared letters: it. Private to "ITC": c. Private to "itty": y.
"ITC" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "itty" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- itty ← ittyy · ity · ityt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ITC" and "itty" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ITC" or "itty"?
Useful next steps
Pair "ITC" vs "itty" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ITC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "itty" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,958 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ITC" and "itty" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ith vs itty". 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 #14,958 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.