disrupt
/dɪsˈɹʌpt/verb
disrupt is spelled D-I-S-R-U-P-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disrupt means “To throw into confusion or disorder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disrupt?
| Letters | 7: D-I-S-R-U-P-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is disrupt?
Disrupt appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce disrupt?
- US /dɪsˈɹʌpt/
- US [dɪzˈɹʌpt]
- /dɪsˈɹʊpt/
Disrupt has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-disrupt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disrupt?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disrupt from its last stressed vowel (/ʌpt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of disrupt
- disrupts present, singular, he/she/it
- disrupting participle, present
- disrupted participle, past
- more disrupt comparative
- most disrupt superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disrupt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To throw into confusion or disorder.
Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.
- 2
To interrupt or impede.
Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.
- 3
To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.
The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteTorn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disrupt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | perturber, déranger , interrompre , disrupter |
| German | durcheinander bringen, stören , unterbrechen, hindern |
| Spanish | trastornar, trastrocar, disrumpir |
| Portuguese | interromper, impedir, causar ruptura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does disrupt come from?
Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).