interviennevsinterviewéeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#27,854
“intervienne” frequency rank
#49,734
“interviewée” frequency rank
77588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intervienne interviewée
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de intervenir. Participe passé féminin singulier de interviewer.

Where the eye mixes intervienne and interviewée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
intervienne
11 ch
interviewée

Visual trap between intervienne and interviewée

A purely visual mix-up. intervienne (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn\) and interviewée (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju.ve\) 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 77588, 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\. interviewée is at rank #49,734, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju.ve\.

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 77588, this pair ranks #27,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of intervienne vs interviewée

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

"intervienne" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCV  ·  "interviewée" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intervienneinetrvienne · inntervienne · interivenne · interrvienne · interveinne · interviene · intervienen · intervinene

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "intervienne" for "interviewée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn\ versus \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "intervienne" vs "interviewée" - which ranks higher?
"intervienne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,854 in our French list, against #49,734 for "interviewée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "intervienne" and "interviewée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intervienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interviewée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intervienne" and "interviewée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interviewée vs interviewés". 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 #27,935 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