interviennevsinterviennentConfusable pair

Which to use

“intervienne” and “interviennent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,854
“intervienne” frequency rank
#11,237
“interviennent” frequency rank
39091
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intervienne interviennent
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de intervenir. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de intervenir.

Same sound, different letters: intervienne vs interviennent

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.

11 ch
intervienne
13 ch
interviennent

Ear matches; page differs - intervienne and interviennent

This is the hard kind. intervienne and interviennent are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “intervienne” sits inside “interviennent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intervienne is recorded at frequency rank #27,854, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn\. interviennent is at rank #11,237, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn\.

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 39091, this pair ranks #250,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intervienne vs interviennent

Shared letters: einrtv. Private to "intervienne": -. Private to "interviennent": -.

"intervienne" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCV  ·  "interviennent" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intervienneinetrvienne · inntervienne · interivenne · interrvienne · interveinne · interviene · intervienen · intervinene
  • interviennentinetrviennent · innterviennent · interivennent · interrviennent · interveinnent · intervienennt · intervienent · interviennennt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "intervienne" and "interviennent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "intervienne" vs "interviennent" - which ranks higher?
"interviennent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,237 in our French list, against #27,854 for "intervienne". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"intervienne" and "interviennent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intervienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interviennent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intervienne" and "interviennent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intervienne vs interviewée". 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 #250,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list