Which to use
“interrupting” is a verb and “interruption” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,143
- “interrupting” frequency rank
- #18,111
- “interruption” frequency rank
- 38254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interrupting | interruption |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of interrupt | The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted. |
Letter map: interrupting vs interruption
Shared letters muted; letters that set interrupting and interruption apart highlighted. Shared run: 11.
Part-of-speech tell for interrupting / interruption
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: interrupting is averb and interruptionanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interrupting is recorded at frequency rank #20,143, classified as averb. interruption is at rank #18,111, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/.
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 38254, this pair ranks #287,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interrupting vs interruption
Shared letters: einprtu. Private to "interrupting": g. Private to "interruption": o.
"interrupting" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCC · "interruption" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interrupting ← inetrrupting · innterrupting · interrputing · interrupitng · interruppting · interruptign · interruptingg · interruptinng
- interruption ← inetrruption · innterruption · interrpution · interrupiton · interrupption · interrupsion · interruptino · interruptionn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interrupting" and "interruption" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "interrupting" or "interruption" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "interrupting" vs "interruption" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "interrupting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interruption" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interrupting" and "interruption" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interception vs interruption". 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 #287,569 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.