intervertir

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“intervertir” is uncommon French (frequency #94,924 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,924
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Renverser en dérangeant l’ordre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intervertir · intervertir · French

intervertir · rank #94,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,924
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH interrégional…

Nearest frequency peer: interrégionales (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « intervertir »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intervertir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intervertir
PropertyValue
Headwordintervertir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,924
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « intervertir » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intervertirtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « interrégionales » (#94,923), « intimant » (#94,925), « interrogateurs » (#94,922). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intervertir » est au #94,924. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intervertir is uncommon French at frequency #94,924 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Renverser en dérangeant l’ordre.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for intervertir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is intervertir, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-R-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Renverser en dérangeant l’ordre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai, à la fois, besoin d’être pris en charge et besoin de prendre en charge. Un jour, peut-être, nos positions s’intervertiront-elles. Nous en sommes déjà à la ligne de partage des eaux, et quand nous nous étreignons, je ne sais plus exactement si je l’enserre ou si je me blottis.
  2. Pour qu’Uthacalthing pût parvenir à ses fins – jouer aux envahisseurs un mauvais tour de son cru – il lui faudrait effacer quelques mégafichiers spécifiques et en intervertir quelques autres, un acte que seul le chaos actuel permettrait d’accomplir de façon discrète.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "intervertir"?
"intervertir" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-R-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ\.
What does "intervertir" mean?
As a verb, "intervertir" means: Renverser en dérangeant l’ordre.
How do you pronounce "intervertir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intervertir" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intervertir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list