abrupt

\a.bʁypt\

/\a.bʁypt\/ adj

The verdict

“abrupt” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,889
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont la pente est escarpée et comme rompue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abrupt · abrupt · French

abrupt · rank #48,889 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,889
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aboiements

Nearest frequency peer: aboiements (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « abrupt »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « abrupt » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

abrupt vs abruti
67% similar
abrupt vs abrupte
86% similar
abrupt vs abruptes
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abrupt »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).abruptse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aboiements » (#48,888), « abstiens » (#48,890), « abb » (#48,887). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abrupt » est au #48,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around abrupt (IPA \a.bʁypt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,889 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abrupt, with forms such as "abbrupt", "abrput", and "abrrupt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is abrupt, spelled A-B-R-U-P-T.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abrupt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Par-dessus l’autre bord du navire, j’aperçus, vivement éclairée par l’incendie, la falaise abrupte qui descend vers Lübeck.
  2. Le porc-épic creuse de préférence son terrier dans les parois abruptes et boisées des vallées solitaires.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbrupt
  • abrput
  • abrrupt
  • abruppt
  • abruptt
  • abrutp
  • aburpt
  • arbupt
  • barupt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abrupt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abbrupt1abrput2abrrupt1abruppt1abruptt1abrutp2aburpt2arbupt2
Edit distance from "abrupt"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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 adjective, "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abrupt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list