# intensify

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪ/ · frequency rank #23,571

## Definitions
1. To render more intense.
2. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

## Etymology
From intense + -ify. Compare French intensifier.

## Easily confused with
- **intensity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intensify-vs-intensity)
- **intensive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intensify-vs-intensive)
- **intensely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intensely-vs-intensify)

## Common misspellings (14)
`inetnsify`, `inntensify`, `intenisfy`, `intennsify`, `intensfiy`, `intensiffy`, `intensifyy`, `intensiyf`, `intenssify`, `intesnify`, `intnesify`, `inttensify`, `itnensify`, `nitensify`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/intensify