Which to use
“intervenir” and “intervenus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,687
- “intervenir” frequency rank
- #21,668
- “intervenus” frequency rank
- 25355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intervenir | intervenus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prendre part à une chose, entrer dans une affaire par quelque intérêt, par quelque obligation, par quelque nécessité que ce soit. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe intervenir. |
Where the eye mixes intervenir and intervenus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. intervenir and intervenus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between intervenir and intervenus
A purely visual mix-up. intervenir (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\) and intervenus (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intervenir is recorded at frequency rank #3,687, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ\. intervenus is at rank #21,668, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\.
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 25355, this pair ranks #341,346 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intervenir vs intervenus
Shared letters: einrtv. Private to "intervenir": -. Private to "intervenus": su.
"intervenir" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "intervenus" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intervenir ← inetrvenir · inntervenir · interevnir · interrvenir · interveinr · intervenirr · intervennir · intervenri
- intervenus ← inetrvenus · inntervenus · interevnus · interrvenus · intervennus · intervensu · intervenuss · interveuns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intervenir" and "intervenus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "intervenir" or "intervenus" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,346 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intervenir" and "intervenus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intervenus vs interviens". 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 #341,346 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.