abrupt

/\a.bʁypt\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,889

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

abrupt is anFrenchadj. It means: Dont la pente est escarpée et comme rompue. Pronounced \a.bʁypt\. Often confused with abruti and abrupte.

Key facts for abrupt
PropertyValue
Headwordabrupt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\a.bʁypt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,889
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abrupt in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for abrupt is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.bʁypt\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,889 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 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 abrupt, with forms such as "abbrupt", "abrput", and "abrrupt". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "abruti", "abrupte", "abruptes", 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 French form is abrupt, spelled A-B-R-U-P-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dont la pente est escarpée et comme rompue.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une manière d’écrire rompue, sans liaison.
  3. 3
    Direct, sec, sans civilités, en parlant d’une personne.
  4. 4
    Qui arrive soudainement, sans qu’on y soit préparé.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbrupt,abrput,abrrupt,abruppt,abruptt,abrutp,aburpt,arbupt,barupt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abrupt

Misspelling Variants of "abrupt"

abbrupt7abrput6abrrupt7abruppt7abruptt7abrutp6aburpt6arbupt6
Misspelling Variants of "abrupt"

Frequency rank: #48,889 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abrupt"?
"abrupt" is spelled A-B-R-U-P-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bʁypt\.
What does "abrupt" mean?
As an adj, "abrupt" means: Dont la pente est escarpée et comme rompue.
What words are commonly confused with "abrupt"?
"abrupt" is commonly confused with "abruti", "abrupte", "abruptes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abrupt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abrupt" is \a.bʁypt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abrupt" come from?
"abrupt" is a French 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.