Which to use
“intervenu” and “intervenue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,410
- “intervenu” frequency rank
- #18,510
- “intervenue” frequency rank
- 31920
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intervenu | intervenue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe intervenir. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe intervenir. |
Same sound, different letters: intervenu vs intervenue
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. intervenu runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against intervenue's 10 (VCCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - intervenu / intervenue
This is the hard kind. intervenu and intervenue are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\) and both work as averb. 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) - “intervenu” sits inside “intervenue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intervenu is recorded at frequency rank #13,410, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\. intervenue is at rank #18,510, 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 31920, this pair ranks #300,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intervenu vs intervenue
Shared letters: einrtuv. Private to "intervenu": -. Private to "intervenue": -.
"intervenu" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "intervenue" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intervenu ← inetrvenu · inntervenu · interevnu · interrvenu · intervennu · interveun · intervneu · intervvenu
- intervenue ← inetrvenue · inntervenue · interevnue · interrvenue · interveneu · intervennue · interveune · intervneue
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intervenu" and "intervenue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "intervenu" or "intervenue"?
Useful next steps
"intervenu" and "intervenue" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intervenu" and "intervenue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intervenu vs intervint". 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 #300,725 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.