intención
[ĩn̪t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
The verdict
“intención” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,512. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,512
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ánimo de efectuar o de no efectuar algo, propósito.
Corpus desk
Index ES-intencion · intención · Spanish
intención · rank #1,512 · 14 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,512
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH histórico
Nearest frequency peer: histórico (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “intención”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- fundación
fundación
98,492 corpus weight
- ganado
ganado
98,491 corpus weight
- histórico
histórico
98,490 corpus weight
- intención
intención
98,489 corpus weight
- junta
junta
98,488 corpus weight
- listo
listo
98,487 corpus weight
What this shows “intención” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | intención |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪ẽnˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “intención”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around intención (IPA [ĩn̪t̪ẽnˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,512 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for intención, with forms such as "inetnción", "inntención", and "intecnión". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "inyección", "invención", "intuición", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is intención, spelled I-N-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Ánimo de efectuar o de no efectuar algo, propósito.
- 2Decisión de la voluntad propia en ordenanza a una finalidad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetnción
- inntención
- intecnión
- intencción
- intencinó
- intenciónn
- intencóin
- intenicón
- intennción
- intensión
- intneción
- inttención
- itnención
- nitención
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intención - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intención", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).