intentarávsintentaréConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,876
“intentará” frequency rank
#17,176
“intentaré” frequency rank
36052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes intentará and intentaré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. intentará and intentaré follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Look-alike desk: intentará vs intentaré

A purely visual mix-up. intentará ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and intentaré ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾe]) 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 a single letter - á in “intentará” becomes é in “intentaré”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intentará is recorded at frequency rank #18,876, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]. intentaré is at rank #17,176, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾe].

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 36052, this pair ranks #182,752 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intentará vs intentaré

Shared letters: aeinrt. Private to "intentará": á. Private to "intentaré": é.

"intentará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "intentaré" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "intentará" for "intentaré" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾa] versus [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "intentará" or "intentaré" show up more?
"intentaré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,176 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "intentará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intentaré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,752 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intentará" and "intentaré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentará vs intentaran". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #182,752 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