# rapture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ/ · frequency rank #23,373

## Definitions
1. Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Rapture.
3. The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.
4. Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.
5. The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement.
6. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).

## Easily confused with
- **rupture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapture-vs-rupture)
- **recapture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapture-vs-recapture)
- **raptor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raptor-vs-rapture)

## Common misspellings (10)
`arpture`, `rappture`, `raptrue`, `raptture`, `raptuer`, `rapturre`, `raputre`, `ratpure`, `rpature`, `rrapture`

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