intervention
in·ter·ven·tion/ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/noun
intervention is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-O-N: 12 letters and 4 syllables (in·ter·ven·tion). It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, intervention means “The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of intervention is interventions.
How many letters and syllables are in intervention?
| Letters | 12: I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·ter·ven·tion |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is intervention?
Intervention appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce intervention?
- US /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/
- UK /ɪntəˈvɛnʃən/
Intervention has 4 syllables, split in·ter·ven·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-intervention.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-intervention.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with intervention?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as intervention from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnʃən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of intervention
- interventions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does intervention mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
- 2
USA legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
- 3
An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
- 4
An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intervention in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of intervening:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intervention |
| German | Intervention, Eingriff |
| Portuguese | intervenção |
| Spanish | intervención |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does intervention come from?
From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō. Morphologically intervene + -tion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).