Which to use
“interviens” and “intervient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,911
- “interviens” frequency rank
- #4,865
- “intervient” frequency rank
- 41776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interviens | intervient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de intervenir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de intervenir. |
Same sound, different letters: interviens vs intervient
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - interviens and intervient
This is the hard kind. interviens and intervient are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃\) 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 - s in “interviens” becomes t in “intervient”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interviens is recorded at frequency rank #36,911, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃\. intervient is at rank #4,865, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃\.
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 41776, this pair ranks #230,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interviens vs intervient
Shared letters: einrtv. Private to "interviens": s. Private to "intervient": -.
"interviens" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC · "intervient" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interviens ← inetrviens · innterviens · interivens · interrviens · interveins · intervienns · intervienss · interviesn
- intervient ← inetrvient · inntervient · interivent · interrvient · interveint · interviennt · intervientt · intervietn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interviens" for "intervient" ever safe?
Frequency check: "interviens" vs "intervient" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"interviens" and "intervient" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "interviens" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intervient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interviens" and "intervient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interviens 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 #230,581 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.