intentionality
"intentionality" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intentionality” is uncommon English (frequency #69,139 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,139
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being intentional.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intentionality · intentionality · English
intentionality · rank #69,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,139
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inexpensively
Nearest frequency peer: inexpensively (-3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “intentionality”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- imu
imu
30,868 corpus weight
- incompletely
incompletely
30,866 corpus weight
- inexpensive…
inexpensively
30,865 corpus weight
- intentional…
intentionality
30,862 corpus weight
- inwood
inwood
30,858 corpus weight
- irie
irie
30,857 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “intentionality” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intentionality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #69,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “intentionality” in English
Rare enough to double-check
intentionality is uncommon English at frequency #69,139 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
intentionality doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From intentional + -ity. The correct English form is intentionality, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being intentional.
- 2The characteristic of a mental state whereby it is about something, which relates to mental states in an analogous way as meaning relates to a word.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intentionality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The naturalization of intentionality is an ongoing project in philosophy.
As a preliminary formulation we might say: Intentionality is that property of many mental states and events by which they are directed at or about or of objects and states of affairs in the world.
Etymology
From intentional + -ity.
Antonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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