intento

/[ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,350

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

intento is anSpanishadj. It means: Atento. Pronounced [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]. It ranks #1,350 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with interno and invento.

Key facts for intento
PropertyValue
Headwordintento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,350
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for intento is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,350 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Atento.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for intento, with forms such as "inetnto", "inntento", and "intennto". 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, "interno", "invento", "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 intento, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Atento.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetnto,inntento,intennto,intenot,intentto,intetno,intneto,inttento,itnento,nitento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intento

Misspelling Variants of "intento"

inetnto7inntento8intennto8intenot7intentto8intetno7intneto7inttento8
Misspelling Variants of "intento"

Frequency rank: #1,350 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intento"?
"intento" is spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o].
What does "intento" mean?
As an adj, "intento" means: Atento.
What words are commonly confused with "intento"?
"intento" is commonly confused with "interno", "invento", "inventa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intento" is [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intento" come from?
"intento" 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.