Which to use
“intentará” and “intentaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,876
- “intentará” frequency rank
- #7,445
- “intentaron” frequency rank
- 26321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentará | intentaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de intentar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de intentar. |
Where the eye mixes intentará and intentaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: intentará vs intentaron
A purely visual mix-up. intentará ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and intentaron ([ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 26321, 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]. intentaron is at rank #7,445, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn].
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 26321, this pair ranks #232,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intentará vs intentaron
Shared letters: aeinrt. Private to "intentará": á. Private to "intentaron": o.
"intentará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "intentaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intentaron ← inetntaron · inntentaron · intenatron · intenntaron · intentaorn · intentarno · intentaronn · intentarron
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "intentará" and "intentaron" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "intentará" or "intentaron" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "intentará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intentaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentará" and "intentaron" 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 #232,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.