intentan

/[ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪ãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,120

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

intentan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de intentar. Pronounced [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪ãn]. It ranks #5,120 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with intento and intenté.

Key facts for intentan
PropertyValue
Headwordintentan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,120
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of intentan in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for intentan is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,120 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de intentar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for intentan, with forms such as "inetntan", "inntentan", and "intenatn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "intento", "intenté", "inventa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is intentan, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de intentar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetntan,inntentan,intenatn,intenntan,intentann,intentna,intenttan,intetnan,intnetan,inttentan,itnentan,nitentan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intentan

Misspelling Variants of "intentan"

inetntan8inntentan9intenatn8intenntan9intentann9intentna8intenttan9intetnan8
Misspelling Variants of "intentan"

Frequency rank: #5,120 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intentan"?
"intentan" is spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪ãn].
What does "intentan" mean?
As a verb, "intentan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de intentar.
What words are commonly confused with "intentan"?
"intentan" is commonly confused with "intento", "intenté", "inventa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intentan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intentan" is [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intentan" come from?
"intentan" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.