intevsitWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: inte is a adverb, it is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“inte” is an adverb and “it” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,503
“inte” frequency rank
#2,935
“it” frequency rank
45438
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inte it
Definition No. Úsase como adverbio de negación para oraciones y frases completas, no como respuesta independiente para preguntas. Perro.

Where the eye mixes inte and it

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
inte
2 ch
it

Visual trap between inte and it

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inte is [ˈɪnˌtə] while it is [ˈit]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inte is recorded at frequency rank #42,503, classified as anadv, pronounced [ˈɪnˌtə]. it is at rank #2,935, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈit].

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 45438, this pair ranks #131,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of inte vs it

Shared letters: it. Private to "inte": en. Private to "it": -.

"inte" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "it" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inteinet · innte · intte · itne · nite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "inte" and "it" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inte" is an adverb and "it" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "inte" or "it" show up more?
"it" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,935 in our Spanish list, against #42,503 for "inte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "it" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #131,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inte" and "it" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inte vs ite". 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 #131,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list