# disrupt

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪsˈɹʌpt/ · frequency rank #13,134

## Definitions
1. To throw into confusion or disorder.
2. To interrupt or impede.
3. To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).

## Easily confused with
- **distrust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disrupt-vs-distrust)
- **disgust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disgust-vs-disrupt)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddisrupt`, `dirsupt`, `disrput`, `disrrupt`, `disruppt`, `disruptt`, `disrutp`, `dissrupt`, `disurpt`, `dsirupt`, `idsrupt`

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