interviensvsinterviewsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: interviens is a verb, interviews is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“interviens” is a verb and “interviews” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,911
“interviens” frequency rank
#10,340
“interviews” frequency rank
47251
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interviens interviews
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de intervenir. Pluriel de interview.

Where the eye mixes interviens and interviews

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

10 ch
interviens
10 ch
interviews

Look-alike desk: interviens vs interviews

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: interviens is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃\ while interviews is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “interviens” becomes w in “interviews”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47251, 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\. interviews is at rank #10,340, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\.

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 47251, this pair ranks #188,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of interviens vs interviews

Shared letters: einrstv. Private to "interviens": -. Private to "interviews": w.

"interviens" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC  ·  "interviews" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interviensinetrviens · innterviens · interivens · interrviens · interveins · intervienns · intervienss · interviesn
  • interviewsinetrviews · innterviews · interivews · interrviews · interveiws · interviesw · interviewss · interviewws

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "interviens" and "interviews" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "interviens" is a verb and "interviews" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "interviens" vs "interviews" - which ranks higher?
"interviews" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,340 in our French list, against #36,911 for "interviens". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interviens" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interviews" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interviens" and "interviews" 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 #188,383 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