intervenus

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\/ verb

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The verdict

“intervenus” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,668
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe intervenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intervenus · intervenus · French

intervenus · rank #21,668 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,668
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH insupportables

Nearest frequency peer: insupportables (-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 « intervenus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intervenus » 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).

intervenus vs interviens
80% similar
intervenus vs intervenu
90% similar
intervenus vs intervenir
80% similar

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

Key facts for intervenus
PropertyValue
Headwordintervenus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\
Letters10
Frequency rank#21,668
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intervenus »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « insupportables » (#21,667), « introduites » (#21,669), « instaure » (#21,666). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intervenus » est au #21,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around intervenus (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,668 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe intervenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for intervenus, with forms such as "inetrvenus", "inntervenus", and "interevnus". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "interviens", "intervenu", "intervenir", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is intervenus, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe intervenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les sapeurs-pompiers sont intervenus hier vers 13 heures pour un accident de la circulation à hauteur du lieu-dit le Petit Pallet, entre Saint-Porchaire et Saintes, sur la RD 137, impliquant deux voitures et un camping-car.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrvenus
  • inntervenus
  • interevnus
  • interrvenus
  • intervennus
  • intervensu
  • intervenuss
  • interveuns
  • intervneus
  • intervvenus
  • intevrenus
  • intrevenus
  • inttervenus
  • itnervenus
  • nitervenus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intervenus - 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.

inetrvenus2inntervenus1interevnus2interrvenus1intervennus1intervensu2intervenuss1interveuns2
Edit distance from "intervenus"

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 "intervenus"?
"intervenus" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\.
What does "intervenus" mean?
As a verb, "intervenus" means: Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe intervenir.
What words are commonly confused with "intervenus"?
"intervenus" is commonly confused with "interviens", "intervenu", "intervenir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intervenus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intervenus" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intervenus" come from?
"intervenus" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

emprunteur15 variantspostérieur15 variantspropension15 variantsprospérer15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list