intensive

[ɪntɛnˈziːvə]

/[ɪntɛnˈziːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“intensive” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,627
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv

Corpus desk

Index DE-intensive · intensive · German

intensive · rank #7,627 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,627
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Infektion

Nearest frequency peer: Infektion (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „intensive“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „intensive“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

intensive vs intensiver
90% similar
intensive vs intensiven
90% similar
intensive vs intensives
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for intensive
PropertyValue
Headwordintensive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪntɛnˈziːvə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,627
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „intensive“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).intensiveliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Infektion“ (#7,626), „interessierten“ (#7,628), „illegalen“ (#7,625). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „intensive“ bei #7,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around intensive (IPA [ɪntɛnˈziːvə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,627 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for intensive, with forms such as "inetnsive", "inntensive", and "intenisve". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "intensiver", "intensiven", "intensives", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is intensive, spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetnsive
  • inntensive
  • intenisve
  • intennsive
  • intensiev
  • intensivve
  • intenssive
  • intensvie
  • intesnive
  • intnesive
  • inttensive
  • itnensive
  • nitensive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intensive - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inetnsive2inntensive1intenisve2intennsive1intensiev2intensivve1intenssive1intensvie2
Edit distance from "intensive"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intensive"?
"intensive" is spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪntɛnˈziːvə].
What does "intensive" mean?
As an adjective, "intensive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intensiv
What words are commonly confused with "intensive"?
"intensive" is commonly confused with "intensiver", "intensiven", "intensives". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intensive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intensive" is [ɪntɛnˈziːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intensive" come from?
"intensive" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intensive", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Infektion#7,626illegalen#7,625gefährden#7,611gefertigt#7,610

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

gepflegt13 variantsPriorität13 variantsProblems13 variantsProgramms13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list