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interrupter

noun

interrupter is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-E-R: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, interrupter means “One who or that which interrupts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of interrupter is interrupters.

How many letters and syllables are in interrupter?

Letters11: I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-E-R
In writingabout once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is interrupter?

Interrupter appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th 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 interrupter?

  • Australia

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-interrupter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of interrupter

  • interrupters plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does interrupter mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One who or that which interrupts.

  2. 2

    A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit.

  3. 3

    slangAn interpreter (person who interprets speech in a foreign language).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Interrupter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Spanishinterrumpidor (One who or that which interrupts), interruptor (A device for opening and closing an electrical…)

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 interrupter come from?

From interrupt + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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