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.
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
- itch ← icth · itcch · itchh · ithc · ittch · tich
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "itch" and "itt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "itch" or "itt"?
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.