Which to use
“intervenant” and “intervenants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,062
- “intervenant” frequency rank
- #9,181
- “intervenants” frequency rank
- 23243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intervenant | intervenants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui intervient dans une instance, dans un procès. | Masculin pluriel de intervenant. |
Same sound, different letters: intervenant vs intervenants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - intervenant / intervenants
This is the hard kind. intervenant and intervenants are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɑ̃\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “intervenant” sits inside “intervenants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intervenant is recorded at frequency rank #14,062, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɑ̃\. intervenants is at rank #9,181, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɑ̃\.
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 23243, this pair ranks #353,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intervenant vs intervenants
Shared letters: aeinrtv. Private to "intervenant": -. Private to "intervenants": s.
"intervenant" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC · "intervenants" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intervenant ← inetrvenant · inntervenant · interevnant · interrvenant · interveannt · intervenannt · intervenantt · intervenatn
- intervenants ← inetrvenants · inntervenants · interevnants · interrvenants · interveannts · intervenannts · intervenanst · intervenantss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "intervenant" and "intervenants" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "intervenant" or "intervenants"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "intervenant" / "intervenants". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intervenant" and "intervenants" 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 #353,612 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.