Which to use
“immensely” and “intensely” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,535
- “immensely” frequency rank
- #14,572
- “intensely” frequency rank
- 28107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immensely | intensely |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great extent. | In an intense manner. |
Where the eye mixes immensely and intensely
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. immensely and intensely follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between immensely and intensely
A purely visual mix-up. immensely (/ɪˈmɛnsli/) and intensely (/ɪnˈtɛnsli/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immensely is recorded at frequency rank #13,535, classified as anadv, pronounced /ɪˈmɛnsli/. intensely is at rank #14,572, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ɪnˈtɛnsli/.
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 28107, this pair ranks #373,681 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of immensely vs intensely
Shared letters: eilnsy. Private to "immensely": m. Private to "intensely": t.
"immensely" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "intensely" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "immensely" and "intensely" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "immensely" vs "intensely" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "immensely" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intensely" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,681 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immensely" and "intensely" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intensely vs inversely". 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 #373,681 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.