# itch vs ith

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### itch
*noun · IPA /ɪt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #18,113*
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.

### ith
*adjective · IPA /aɪθ/ · frequency rank #49,435*
Occurring at position i in a sequence.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/itch-vs-ith