Which to use
“interview” is a noun and “intervint” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,624
- “interview” frequency rank
- #43,511
- “intervint” frequency rank
- 46135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interview | intervint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enquête faite par un journaliste, par un publiciste auprès d’une personne en vue. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de intervenir. |
Where the eye mixes interview and intervint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: interview vs intervint
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: interview is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\ while intervint is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interview is recorded at frequency rank #2,624, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\. intervint is at rank #43,511, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃\.
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 46135, this pair ranks #197,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interview vs intervint
Shared letters: einrtv. Private to "interview": w. Private to "intervint": -.
"interview" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "intervint" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interview" for "intervint" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "interview" or "intervint" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "interview" and "intervint" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "interview" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intervint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interview" and "intervint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interviens vs intervint". 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 #197,336 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.