InterventionvsInterventionenWhich spelling fits?

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“Intervention” and “Interventionen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,265
“Intervention” frequency rank
#22,387
“Interventionen” frequency rank
33652
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Intervention Interventionen
Definition Eingreifen einer bisher unbeteiligten Partei in einen Konflikt Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Intervention

Where the eye mixes Intervention and Interventionen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence.

12 ch
Intervention
14 ch
Interventionen

Visual trap between Intervention and Interventionen

A purely visual mix-up. Intervention ([ɪntɐvɛnˈt͡si̯oːn]) and Interventionen ([ɪntɐvɛnˈt͡si̯oːnən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “Intervention” sits inside “Interventionen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Intervention is recorded at frequency rank #11,265, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɪntɐvɛnˈt͡si̯oːn]. Interventionen is at rank #22,387, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɪntɐvɛnˈt͡si̯oːnən].

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 33652, this pair ranks #1,681,074 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Intervention vs Interventionen

Shared letters: einortv. Private to "Intervention": -. Private to "Interventionen": -.

"Intervention" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC  ·  "Interventionen" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Interventioninetrvention · inntervention · interevntion · interrvention · interveniton · intervenntion · interventino · interventionn
  • Interventioneninetrventionen · innterventionen · interevntionen · interrventionen · intervenitonen · intervenntionen · interventinoen · interventioenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Intervention" and "Interventionen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɪntɐvɛnˈt͡si̯oːn] versus [ɪntɐvɛnˈt͡si̯oːnən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Intervention" or "Interventionen"?
"Intervention" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,265 in our German list, against #22,387 for "Interventionen". 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 "Intervention" and "Interventionen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Intervention" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Interventionen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,681,074 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #1,681,074 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list