Which to use
“into” is a preposition and “intox” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,921
- “into” frequency rank
- #25,700
- “intox” frequency rank
- 42621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | into | intox |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Au milieu de, dans, en, parmi, à. | Matraquage idéologique qui cherche à prendre possession des esprits. |
Where the eye mixes into and intox
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. into runs 4 letters (VCCV) against intox's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: into vs intox
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: into is \ˈɪn.tuː\ while intox is \ɛ̃.tɔks\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “into” sits inside “intox”, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
into is recorded at frequency rank #16,921, classified as aprep, pronounced \ˈɪn.tuː\. intox is at rank #25,700, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɔks\.
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 42621, this pair ranks #224,223 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of into vs intox
Shared letters: inot. Private to "into": -. Private to "intox": x.
"into" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "intox" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "into" for "intox" ever safe?
Which is more common, "into" or "intox"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "into" and "intox" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "into" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,223 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "into" and "intox" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intox vs ito". 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 #224,223 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.