Which to use
“intentional” and “intentioned” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,874
- “intentional” frequency rank
- #32,448
- “intentioned” frequency rank
- 43322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentional | intentioned |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily. | Having a certain intention |
Letter map: intentional vs intentioned
Shared letters muted; letters that set intentional and intentioned apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. intentional and intentioned follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on intentional vs intentioned
intentional and intentioned are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intentional is recorded at frequency rank #10,874, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/. intentioned is at rank #32,448, tagged as anadj.
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 43322, this pair ranks #241,107 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intentional vs intentioned
Shared letters: einot. Private to "intentional": al. Private to "intentioned": d.
"intentional" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVC · "intentioned" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intentional ← inetntional · inntentional · intenitonal · intenntional · intentinoal · intentioanl · intentionall · intentionla
- intentioned ← inetntioned · inntentioned · intenitoned · intenntioned · intentinoed · intentioend · intentionde · intentionedd
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intentional" and "intentioned" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "intentional" or "intentioned"?
Useful next steps
Pair "intentional" vs "intentioned" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "intentional" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intentioned" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,107 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentional" and "intentioned" 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 #241,107 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.