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intensional

/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/adjective

intensional is spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-I-O-N-A-L: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, intensional means “Of or pertaining to intension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in intensional?

Letters11: I-N-T-E-N-S-I-O-N-A-L
In writingabout once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is intensional?

Intensional appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce intensional?

  • US /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/
  • US [ɪnˈtʰɛnʃənɫ̩]
  • Australia /ɪnˈtenʃənəl/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What rhymes with intensional?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as intensional from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnʃənəl/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

What does intensional mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to intension.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does intensional come from?

From intension + -al.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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