interruption
[ɪntəˈrʌpʃn]
The verdict
“interruption” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unterbrechung
Corpus desk
Index DE-interruption · interruption · German
interruption · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interruption |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪntəˈrʌpʃn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „interruption“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
interruption is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪntəˈrʌpʃn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for interruption in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is interruption, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Unterbrechung
- 2Betriebsstörung, Störung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how interruption appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Numerous interruptions have prevented me from finishing my work.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.