interruptive
adjective
interruptive is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-I-V-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, interruptive means “Acting or tending to interrupt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in interruptive?
| Letters | 12: I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 interruptive?
Interruptive appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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).
Forms of interruptive
- more interruptive comparative
- most interruptive superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does interruptive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Acting or tending to interrupt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does interruptive come from?
From interrupt + -ive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).