Which to use
“intervenue” and “intervenus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,510
- “intervenue” frequency rank
- #21,668
- “intervenus” frequency rank
- 40178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intervenue | intervenus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe intervenir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe intervenir. |
Same sound, different letters: intervenue vs intervenus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: intervenue vs intervenus
This is the hard kind. intervenue and intervenus 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 a single letter - e in “intervenue” becomes s in “intervenus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40178, 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\. 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 40178, this pair ranks #242,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intervenue vs intervenus
Shared letters: einrtuv. Private to "intervenue": -. Private to "intervenus": s.
"intervenue" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "intervenus" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intervenue ← inetrvenue · inntervenue · interevnue · interrvenue · interveneu · intervennue · interveune · intervneue
- intervenus ← inetrvenus · inntervenus · interevnus · interrvenus · intervennus · intervensu · intervenuss · interveuns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intervenue" and "intervenus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "intervenue" vs "intervenus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"intervenue" and "intervenus" 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 "intervenus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intervenue" 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 #242,428 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.