Which to use
“intentan” and “intentará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,120
- “intentan” frequency rank
- #18,876
- “intentará” frequency rank
- 23996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentan | intentará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de intentar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de intentar. |
Where the eye mixes intentan and intentará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between intentan and intentará
A purely visual mix-up. intentan ([ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪ãn]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intentan is recorded at frequency rank #5,120, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪ãn]. 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 23996, this pair ranks #243,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intentan vs intentará
Shared letters: aeint. Private to "intentan": -. Private to "intentará": rá.
"intentan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "intentará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intentan ← inetntan · inntentan · intenatn · intenntan · intentann · intentna · intenttan · intetnan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intentan" for "intentará" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "intentan" or "intentará" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "intentan" and "intentará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "intentan" 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 #243,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentan" 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 #243,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.