itchvsittWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: itch is a noun, itt is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“itch” is a noun and “itt” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,113
“itch” frequency rank
#25,431
“itt” frequency rank
43544
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature itch itt
Definition A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area. Obsolete spelling of it.

Letter map: itch vs itt

Shared letters muted; letters that set itch and itt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
itch
3 ch
itt

Part-of-speech tell for itch / itt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: itch is anoun and ittapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

itch is recorded at frequency rank #18,113, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪt͡ʃ/. itt is at rank #25,431, tagged as apron.

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 43544, this pair ranks #239,004 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of itch vs itt

Shared letters: it. Private to "itch": ch. Private to "itt": -.

"itch" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "itt" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • itchicth · itcch · itchh · ithc · ittch · tich

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "itch" and "itt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "itch" is a noun and "itt" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "itch" or "itt"?
"itch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,113 in our English list, against #25,431 for "itt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "itch" and "itt".

  • Full dictionary entry for "itch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "itt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,004 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "itch" and "itt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ith vs itt". 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 #239,004 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