intentar
[ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“intentar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,820
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prepararse para hacer algo, tomar las medidas necesarias y hacer el esfuerzo para conseguirlo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-intentar · intentar · Spanish
intentar · rank #1,820 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,820
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH inteligente
Nearest frequency peer: inteligente (-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 “intentar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- González
González
98,184 corpus weight
- impacto
impacto
98,183 corpus weight
- inteligente
inteligente
98,182 corpus weight
- intentar
intentar
98,181 corpus weight
- Italia
Italia
98,180 corpus weight
- laboral
laboral
98,179 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “intentar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | intentar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “intentar” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around intentar (IPA [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,820 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for intentar, with forms such as "inetntar", "inntentar", and "intenatr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "intento", "intenté", "inventa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is intentar, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Prepararse para hacer algo, tomar las medidas necesarias y hacer el esfuerzo para conseguirlo.
- 2Resolver en el ánimo la ejecución de una cosa.
- 3Poner en práctica la resolución tomada, pero sin proseguirla.
- 4Poner en planta los medios de realizar una cosa.
- 5Presentar una demanda judicial para hacer valer un derecho.
- 6Proponer, deducir el actor su acción en juicio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how intentar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Intento explicártelo, pero no me entiendes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetntar
- inntentar
- intenatr
- intenntar
- intentarr
- intentra
- intenttar
- intetnar
- intnetar
- inttentar
- itnentar
- nitentar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intentar - 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 "intentar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "intentar". Here's where to go from here.
- "intentar" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "intento". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,820 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.