irruption
"irruption" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“irruption” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-irruption · irruption · English
irruption · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irruption |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “irruption” in English
Rare enough to double-check
irruption is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
irruption has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptiō(n). The correct English form is irruption, spelled I-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
- 2An abrupt increase of an animal population.
- 3An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irruption appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.
[I]t was not till arts and ſciences began to revive after the irruption of the Barbarians into Europe, that any thing of this kind appeared.
Etymology
From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptiō(n).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.