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 May 6, 2026) - The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irruption |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “irruption” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “irruption”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.