ITF
"itf" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ITF” is uncommon English (frequency #52,417 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,417
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of intertropical front.
Corpus desk
Index EN-itf · ITF · English
ITF · rank #52,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,417
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH iterate
Nearest frequency peer: iterate (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ITF”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- irreversibly
irreversibly
47,587 corpus weight
- Islay
Islay
47,586 corpus weight
- iterate
iterate
47,585 corpus weight
- ITF
ITF
47,584 corpus weight
- IUD
IUD
47,583 corpus weight
- Iwata
Iwata
47,582 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ITF” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ITF |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ITF” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ITF is uncommon English at frequency #52,417 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ITF has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is ITF, spelled I-T-F.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of intertropical front.
- 2Initialism of integrated test flight.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.