intuition
/ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/
"intuition" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intuition” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,146
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intuition · intuition · English
intuition · rank #14,146 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,146
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH interpreter
Nearest frequency peer: interpreter (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “intuition”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- inmate
inmate
85,858 corpus weight
- inscription
inscription
85,857 corpus weight
- interpreter
interpreter
85,856 corpus weight
- intuition
intuition
85,855 corpus weight
- invaluable
invaluable
85,854 corpus weight
- Jaime
Jaime
85,853 corpus weight
What this shows “intuition” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intuition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “intuition”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around intuition (IPA /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,146 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for intuition, with forms such as "inntuition", "intiution", and "inttuition". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "intuitive", "intention", "induction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion. The correct English form is intuition, spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
- 2A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how intuition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The native speaker's grammatical competence is reflected in two types of intuition which speakers have about their native language(s) — (i) intuitions about sentence well-formedness, and (ii) intuitions about sentence structure. The word intuition is used here in a technical sense which has become standardised in Linguistics: by saying that a native speak…
Etymology
From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inntuition
- intiution
- inttuition
- intuiiton
- intuision
- intuitino
- intuitionn
- intuitoin
- intuittion
- intutiion
- inutition
- itnuition
- nituition
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intuition - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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