íntegravsintentaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: íntegra is a adjective, intenta is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“íntegra” is an adjective and “intenta” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,002
“íntegra” frequency rank
#2,252
“intenta” frequency rank
31254
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature íntegra intenta
Definition Forma del femenino singular de íntegro. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de intentar.

Where the eye mixes íntegra and intenta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. íntegra and intenta follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
íntegra
7 ch
intenta

Look-alike desk: íntegra vs intenta

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: íntegra is [ˈĩn̪t̪eɣ̞ɾa] while intenta is [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

íntegra is recorded at frequency rank #29,002, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈĩn̪t̪eɣ̞ɾa]. intenta is at rank #2,252, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪a].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31254, this pair ranks #208,001 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of íntegra vs intenta

Shared letters: aent. Private to "íntegra": grí. Private to "intenta": i.

"íntegra" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "intenta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intenta ← inetnta · inntenta · intenat · intennta · intentta · intetna · intneta · inttenta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "íntegra" for "intenta" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "íntegra" is an adjective and "intenta" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "íntegra" or "intenta"?
"intenta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,252 in our Spanish list, against #29,002 for "íntegra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "íntegra" and "intenta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "íntegra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intenta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #208,001 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "íntegra" and "intenta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "íntegra vs intra". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #208,001 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list