Which to use
“intervenait” and “intervenir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,866
- “intervenait” frequency rank
- #3,687
- “intervenir” frequency rank
- 42553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intervenait | intervenir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de intervenir. | Prendre part à une chose, entrer dans une affaire par quelque intérêt, par quelque obligation, par quelque nécessité que ce soit. |
Where the eye mixes intervenait and intervenir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. intervenait runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVVC) against intervenir's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: intervenait vs intervenir
A purely visual mix-up. intervenait (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ\) and intervenir (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intervenait is recorded at frequency rank #38,866, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ\. intervenir is at rank #3,687, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 42553, this pair ranks #224,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intervenait vs intervenir
Shared letters: einrtv. Private to "intervenait": a. Private to "intervenir": -.
"intervenait" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "intervenir" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intervenait ← inetrvenait · inntervenait · interevnait · interrvenait · interveanit · intervenaitt · intervenati · interveniat
- intervenir ← inetrvenir · inntervenir · interevnir · interrvenir · interveinr · intervenirr · intervennir · intervenri
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intervenait" and "intervenir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "intervenait" or "intervenir"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "intervenait" and "intervenir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intervenait" and "intervenir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intervenait vs intervenant". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #224,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.