Which to use
“intentar” and “intentará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,820
- “intentar” frequency rank
- #18,876
- “intentará” frequency rank
- 20696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentar | intentará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prepararse para hacer algo, tomar las medidas necesarias y hacer el esfuerzo para conseguirlo. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de intentar. |
Where the eye mixes intentar and intentará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: intentar vs intentará
A purely visual mix-up. intentar ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) 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 extra letter(s) - “intentar” sits inside “intentará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intentar is recorded at frequency rank #1,820, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. 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 20696, this pair ranks #258,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intentar vs intentará
Shared letters: aeinrt. Private to "intentar": -. Private to "intentará": á.
"intentar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "intentará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intentar ← inetntar · inntentar · intenatr · intenntar · intentarr · intentra · intenttar · intetnar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intentar" and "intentará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "intentar" or "intentará"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "intentar" 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 #258,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentar" 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 #258,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.