intovsitoTell them apart

Quick tell: into is a preposition, ito is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“into” is a preposition and “ito” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,921
“into” frequency rank
#42,956
“ito” frequency rank
59877
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature into ito
Definition Au milieu de, dans, en, parmi, à. (se) Noyer, (s') asphyxier, (s') étouffer.

Letter map: into vs ito

Shared letters muted; letters that set into and ito apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
into
3 ch
ito

Grammar separator: into vs ito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: into is apreposition and itoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59877, 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\. ito is at rank #42,956, tagged as averb.

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 59877, this pair ranks #100,720 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of into vs ito

Shared letters: iot. Private to "into": n. Private to "ito": -.

"into" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ito" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intoinnto · inot · intto · itno · nito

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "into" and "ito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "into" is a preposition and "ito" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "into" or "ito"?
"into" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,921 in our French list, against #42,956 for "ito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "into" and "ito". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "into" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #100,720 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "into" and "ito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isi 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 #100,720 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list