intervenir

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“intervenir” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,687
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre part à une chose, entrer dans une affaire par quelque intérêt, par quelque obligation, par quelque nécessité que ce soit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intervenir · intervenir · French

intervenir · rank #3,687 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,687
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH internationaux

Nearest frequency peer: internationaux (-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 « intervenir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intervenir » 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).

intervenir vs intervenu
80% similar
intervenir vs intervenue
80% similar
intervenir vs intervenus
80% similar

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

Key facts for intervenir
PropertyValue
Headwordintervenir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,687
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intervenir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intervenirse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « internationaux » (#3,686), « intégrer » (#3,688), « instruments » (#3,685). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intervenir » est au #3,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around intervenir (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,687 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for intervenir, with forms such as "inetrvenir", "inntervenir", and "interevnir". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "intervenu", "intervenue", "intervenus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is intervenir, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre part à une chose, entrer dans une affaire par quelque intérêt, par quelque obligation, par quelque nécessité que ce soit.
  2. 2
    Demander d’être reçu dans une procédure.
  3. 3
    Se rendre médiateur dans une affaire.
  4. 4
    Survenir au milieu de, surtout dans un procès, dans une affaire, en parlant des choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’acétylcholine n'est qu'un maillon d'une chaîne métabolitique où interviennent divers systèmes enzymatiques sur lesquels les insecticides peuvent aussi agir.
  2. De leur côté, Louis VII et son fils, Philippe Auguste (1180-1223), jouèrent la carte de la déstabilisation, en intervenant dans les comtés d'Auvergne et de Toulouse, ou en soutenant la révolte de Jean et Richard contre leur père Henri II.

This word in other languages

intervene(English)einschreiten(Deutsch)ocorrer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrvenir
  • inntervenir
  • interevnir
  • interrvenir
  • interveinr
  • intervenirr
  • intervennir
  • intervenri
  • intervneir
  • intervvenir
  • intevrenir
  • intrevenir
  • inttervenir
  • itnervenir
  • nitervenir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intervenir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inetrvenir2inntervenir1interevnir2interrvenir1interveinr2intervenirr1intervennir1intervenri2
Edit distance from "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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intervenir"?
"intervenir" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\.
What does "intervenir" mean?
As a verb, "intervenir" means: Prendre part à une chose, entrer dans une affaire par quelque intérêt, par quelque obligation, par quelque nécessité que ce soit.
What words are commonly confused with "intervenir"?
"intervenir" is commonly confused with "intervenu", "intervenue", "intervenus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intervenir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intervenir" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intervenir" come from?
"intervenir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

intérieure#3,689plateforme#3,703connaissez#3,670propriétés#3,705

Similar misspelling depth

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

alimentaire15 variantssyndicats15 variantsséparation15 variantsacquisition15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list