Which to use
“injections” and “intentions” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,569
- “injections” frequency rank
- #5,976
- “intentions” frequency rank
- 20545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | injections | intentions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of injection | plural of intention |
Where the eye mixes injections and intentions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. injections and intentions follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: injections vs intentions
A purely visual mix-up. injections (/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃəns/) and intentions (/ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/) 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 20545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
injections is recorded at frequency rank #14,569, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃəns/. intentions is at rank #5,976, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/.
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 20545, this pair ranks #430,371 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of injections vs intentions
Shared letters: einost. Private to "injections": cj. Private to "intentions": -.
"injections" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC · "intentions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- injections ← ijnections · inejctions · injcetions · injecctions · injecitons · injectinos · injectionns · injectionss
- intentions ← inetntions · inntentions · intenitons · intenntions · intentinos · intentionns · intentionss · intentiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "injections" and "intentions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "injections" vs "intentions" - 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 "injections" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intentions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #430,371 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "injections" and "intentions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentioned vs intentions". 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 #430,371 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.