intentions

\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“intentions” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,340
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de intention.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intentions · intentions · French

intentions · rank #4,340 · 15 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,340
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inspecteur

Nearest frequency peer: inspecteur (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « intentions »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « intentions » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

intentions vs invention
80% similar
intentions vs intestins
80% similar
intentions vs inventions
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for intentions
PropertyValue
Headwordintentions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,340
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intentions »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).intentionsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inspecteur » (#4,339), « Irlande » (#4,341), « inférieure » (#4,338). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intentions » est au #4,340. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around intentions (IPA \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,340 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de intention.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for intentions, with forms such as "inetntions", "inntentions", and "intenitons". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "invention", "intestins", "inventions", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is intentions, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de intention.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how intentions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nos intentions sont que nous intentions ce procès.
  2. On peut aisément juger que n’ignorant pas ce qui devoit s’y passer, il ne prenoit pas plaisir à voir que la Réformation de l’Église, qui avait été le principal but du concile, aboutît à si peu de chose, et qu'on l’eût empêchée en prématurant l’élection du pape, contre ses intentions.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetntions
  • inntentions
  • intenitons
  • intenntions
  • intentinos
  • intentionns
  • intentionss
  • intentiosn
  • intentoins
  • intenttions
  • intetnions
  • intnetions
  • inttentions
  • itnentions
  • nitentions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intentions - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

inetntions2inntentions1intenitons2intenntions1intentinos2intentionns1intentionss1intentiosn2
Edit distance from "intentions"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intentions"?
"intentions" is spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "intentions" mean?
As a noun, "intentions" means: Pluriel de intention.
What words are commonly confused with "intentions"?
"intentions" is commonly confused with "invention", "intestins", "inventions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intentions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intentions" is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intentions" come from?
"intentions" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intentions", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list