# fracture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɹæk.tjə/ · frequency rank #11,214

## Definitions
1. An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
2. A break in bone or cartilage.
3. A fault or crack in a rock.

## Etymology
From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin frāctūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle frāctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.

## Easily confused with
- **fractured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fracture-vs-fractured)
- **feature** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feature-vs-fracture)

## Common misspellings (12)
`farcture`, `ffracture`, `fraccture`, `fractrue`, `fractture`, `fractuer`, `fracturre`, `fracutre`, `fratcure`, `frcature`, `frracture`, `rfacture`

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