Which to use
“intendencia” and “intendencias” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,074
- “intendencia” frequency rank
- #47,211
- “intendencias” frequency rank
- 60285
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intendencia | intendencias |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de entenderse, dirigir, manejar, gobernar o estar a cargo de algo. | Forma del plural de intendencia. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set intendencia and intendencias apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. intendencia ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]) and intendencias ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsjas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “intendencia” sits inside “intendencias”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intendencia is recorded at frequency rank #13,074, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]. intendencias is at rank #47,211, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsjas].
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 60285, this pair ranks #59,486 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intendencia vs intendencias
Shared letters: acdeint. Private to "intendencia": -. Private to "intendencias": s.
"intendencia" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVV · "intendencias" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intendencia ← inetndencia · inntendencia · intednencia · intenddencia · intendecnia · intendencai · intendenccia · intendenica
- intendencias ← inetndencias · inntendencias · intednencias · intenddencias · intendecnias · intendencais · intendenccias · intendenciass