Intention
[ɪntɛnˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Intention” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,596
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Absicht, etwas zu tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-intention · Intention · German
Intention · rank #14,596 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,596
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH inside
Nearest frequency peer: inside (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Intention”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ideologisch…
ideologischen
85,408 corpus weight
- Inbetriebna…
Inbetriebnahme
85,407 corpus weight
- inside
inside
85,406 corpus weight
- Intention
Intention
85,405 corpus weight
- iranischen
iranischen
85,404 corpus weight
- Japans
Japans
85,403 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Intention” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Intention |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪntɛnˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Intention” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Intention (IPA [ɪntɛnˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,596 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Absicht, etwas zu tun".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Intention, with forms such as "inetntion", "inntention", and "inteniton". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Intuition", "Intonation", "Intentionen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Intention, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1die Absicht, etwas zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Intention appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat die Intention, etwas Großes zu schaffen.
Jeder menschlichen Handlung geht eine bestimmte Intention voraus, die sich jedoch in der Regel im Zuge der Handlung verändert.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetntion
- inntention
- inteniton
- intenntion
- intentino
- intentionn
- intentoin
- intenttion
- intetnion
- intnetion
- inttention
- itnention
- nitention
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Intention - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Intention", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Intention". Here's where to go from here.
- "Intention" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Intuition". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #14,596 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.