intentions

/\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,340

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

intentions is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de intention. Pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #4,340 in French word frequency. Often confused with invention and intestins.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of intentions in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for intentions is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,340 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de intention.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for intentions, with forms such as "inetntions", "inntentions", and "intenitons". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is intentions, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de intention.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetntions,inntentions,intenitons,intenntions,intentinos,intentionns,intentionss,intentiosn,intentoins,intenttions,intetnions,intnetions,inttentions,itnentions,nitentions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intentions

Misspelling Variants of "intentions"

inetntions10inntentions11intenitons10intenntions11intentinos10intentionns11intentionss11intentiosn10
Misspelling Variants of "intentions"

Frequency rank: #4,340 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.