intentionality
"intentionality" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intentionality” is uncommon English (frequency #69,139 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,139
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being intentional.
| 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) |
Where “intentionality” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
intentionality is uncommon English at frequency #69,139 among 17,902 “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.
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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Using “intentionality”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.