Which to use
“income” is a noun and “intime” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,957
- “income” frequency rank
- #5,469
- “intime” frequency rank
- 53426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | income | intime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rente, revenu. | Profondément intérieur, en parlant surtout de ce qui fait l’essence réelle d’une chose. |
Where the eye mixes income and intime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. income and intime follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: income vs intime
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: income is [ˈɪnˌkʌm] while intime is \ɛ̃.tim\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
income is recorded at frequency rank #47,957, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪnˌkʌm]. intime is at rank #5,469, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tim\.
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 53426, this pair ranks #140,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of income vs intime
Shared letters: eimn. Private to "income": co. Private to "intime": t.
"income" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "intime" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "income" and "intime" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "income" vs "intime" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "income" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "income" and "intime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inclue vs income". 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 #140,811 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.