intervientvsinterviewsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#4,865
“intervient” frequency rank
#10,340
“interviews” frequency rank
15205
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intervient interviews
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de intervenir. Pluriel de interview.

Where the eye mixes intervient and interviews

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
intervient
10 ch
interviews

Look-alike desk: intervient vs interviews

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intervient is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃\ while interviews is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intervient is recorded at frequency rank #4,865, 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 15205, this pair ranks #393,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intervient vs interviews

Shared letters: einrtv. Private to "intervient": -. Private to "interviews": sw.

"intervient" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC  ·  "interviews" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intervientinetrvient · inntervient · interivent · interrvient · interveint · interviennt · intervientt · intervietn
  • interviewsinetrviews · innterviews · interivews · interrviews · interveiws · interviesw · interviewss · interviewws

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "intervient" for "interviews" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intervient" is a verb and "interviews" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "intervient" vs "interviews" - which ranks higher?
"intervient" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,865 in our French list, against #10,340 for "interviews". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "intervient" 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 #393,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intervient" and "interviews" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interviewée vs interviews". 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 #393,378 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