Which to use
“intervenue” and “intervenues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,510
- “intervenue” frequency rank
- #34,582
- “intervenues” frequency rank
- 53092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intervenue | intervenues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe intervenir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de intervenir. |
Same sound, different letters: intervenue vs intervenues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. intervenue runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVV) against intervenues's 11 (VCCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: intervenue vs intervenues
This is the hard kind. intervenue and intervenues 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) - “intervenue” sits inside “intervenues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intervenue is recorded at frequency rank #18,510, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny\. intervenues is at rank #34,582, 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 53092, this pair ranks #143,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intervenue vs intervenues
Shared letters: einrtuv. Private to "intervenue": -. Private to "intervenues": s.
"intervenue" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "intervenues" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intervenue ← inetrvenue · inntervenue · interevnue · interrvenue · interveneu · intervennue · interveune · intervneue
- intervenues ← inetrvenues · inntervenues · interevnues · interrvenues · interveneus · intervennues · intervenuess · intervenuse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intervenue" for "intervenues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intervenue" vs "intervenues" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"intervenue" and "intervenues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intervenues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intervenue" and "intervenues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intervenues vs intervenus". 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 #143,127 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.