intentábamos
[ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞amos]
The verdict
“intentábamos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,982 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,982
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de intentar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-intentabamos · intentábamos · Spanish
intentábamos · rank #88,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,982
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 22,782
- PHOTO-FINISH intensiones
Nearest frequency peer: intensiones (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “intentábamos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- instalaban
instalaban
11,023 corpus weight
- instaurando
instaurando
11,022 corpus weight
- insulté
insulté
11,021 corpus weight
- intensiones
intensiones
11,020 corpus weight
- intentábamos
intentábamos
11,019 corpus weight
- internadas
internadas
11,016 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “intentábamos” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intentábamos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞amos] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intentábamos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
intentábamos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,982 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞amos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de intentar.".
intentábamos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is intentábamos, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-Á-B-A-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de intentar.
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 "intentábamos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.