# breakup

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/ · frequency rank #12,193

## Definitions
1. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
2. The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
3. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
4. The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.

## Etymology
Deverbal from break up.

## Easily confused with
- **break** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/break-vs-breakup)
- **breaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breaks-vs-breakup)
- **breaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breaker-vs-breakup)
- **breakout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breakout-vs-breakup)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbreakup`, `berakup`, `braekup`, `breakkup`, `breakpu`, `breakupp`, `breaukp`, `brekaup`, `brreakup`, `rbeakup`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/breakup