intentadovsintentaráConfusable pair

Which to use

“intentado” and “intentará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,517
“intentado” frequency rank
#18,876
“intentará” frequency rank
23393
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intentado intentará
Definition Participio de intentar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de intentar.

Where the eye mixes intentado and intentará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
intentado
9 ch
intentará

Look-alike desk: intentado vs intentará

A purely visual mix-up. intentado ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]) and intentará ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intentado is recorded at frequency rank #4,517, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. intentará is at rank #18,876, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾa].

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 23393, this pair ranks #246,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intentado vs intentará

Shared letters: aeint. Private to "intentado": do. Private to "intentará": .

"intentado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "intentará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intentadoinetntado · inntentado · intenatdo · intenntado · intentaddo · intentaod · intentdao · intenttado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intentado" and "intentará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o] versus [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "intentado" or "intentará"?
"intentado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,517 in our Spanish list, against #18,876 for "intentará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intentado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intentará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #246,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intentado" and "intentará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentará vs intentaran". 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 #246,005 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