romper

/[rõmˈpeɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,315

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

romper is aSpanishverb. It means: Separar en partes o pedazos, usualmente con violencia. Pronounced [rõmˈpeɾ]. It ranks #2,315 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with rompo and rompí.

Key facts for romper
PropertyValue
Headwordromper
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[rõmˈpeɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,315
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of romper in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for romper is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rõmˈpeɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,315 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for romper, with forms such as "ormper", "rmoper", and "romepr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rompo", "rompí", "rompió", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is romper, spelled R-O-M-P-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Separar en partes o pedazos, usualmente con violencia.
  2. 2
    Destrozar.
  3. 3
    No cumplir con un compromiso o una promesa.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ormper,rmoper,romepr,rommper,romperr,rompper,rompre,ropmer,rromper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for romper

Misspelling Variants of "romper"

ormper6rmoper6romepr6rommper7romperr7rompper7rompre6ropmer6
Misspelling Variants of "romper"

Frequency rank: #2,315 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "romper"?
"romper" is spelled R-O-M-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [rõmˈpeɾ].
What does "romper" mean?
As a verb, "romper" means: Separar en partes o pedazos, usualmente con violencia.
What words are commonly confused with "romper"?
"romper" is commonly confused with "rompo", "rompí", "rompió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "romper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "romper" is [rõmˈpeɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "romper" come from?
"romper" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.