intervenía

[ĩn̪t̪eɾβ̞eˈnia]

/[ĩn̪t̪eɾβ̞eˈnia]/ verb

The verdict

“intervenía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,460 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,460
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de intervenir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-intervenia · intervenía · Spanish

intervenía · rank #65,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,460
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH insípido

Nearest frequency peer: insípido (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “intervenía”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “intervenía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intervenía
PropertyValue
Headwordintervenía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩn̪t̪eɾβ̞eˈnia]
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,460
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “intervenía” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).interveníacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “insípido” (#65,459), “instructivos” (#65,458), “intuitivamente” (#65,462). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “intervenía” va en #65,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intervenía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,460 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩn̪t̪eɾβ̞eˈnia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for intervenía, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is intervenía, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de intervenir.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de intervenir.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intervenía"?
"intervenía" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪t̪eɾβ̞eˈnia].
What does "intervenía" mean?
As a verb, "intervenía" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de intervenir.
How do you pronounce "intervenía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intervenía" is [ĩn̪t̪eɾβ̞eˈnia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list