abruptement
\a.bʁyp.tə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“abruptement” is uncommon French (frequency #59,044 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,044
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De façon brutale, et non graduelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abruptement · abruptement · French
abruptement · rank #59,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,044
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Abner
Nearest frequency peer: Abner (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « abruptement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- étron
étron
40,961 corpus weight
- Abner
Abner
40,958 corpus weight
- abruptement
abruptement
40,957 corpus weight
- acceptais
acceptais
40,956 corpus weight
- accoler
accoler
40,955 corpus weight
- accolée
accolée
40,954 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abruptement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abruptement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a.bʁyp.tə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abruptement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abruptement is uncommon French at frequency #59,044 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a.bʁyp.tə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De façon brutale, et non graduelle.".
abruptement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is abruptement, spelled A-B-R-U-P-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1De façon brutale, et non graduelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abruptement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ne pas annoncer abruptement un diagnostic de mort imminente peut être assimilé à une forme d'hypocrisie.
Hier, il a prononcé un discours hallucinant – tellement truffé de mensonges que de grands médias américains ont même dû mettre fin abruptement à sa diffusion, du jamais-vu.
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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.
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