injectionsvsintentionsTell them apart

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.

10 ch
injections
10 ch
intentions

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?
No. They are said differently (/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃəns/ versus /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "injections" vs "intentions" - which ranks higher?
"intentions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,976 in our English list, against #14,569 for "injections". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list