abrupts

\a.bʁypt\

/\a.bʁypt\/ adj

The verdict

“abrupts” is uncommon French (frequency #69,564 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,564
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de abrupt.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abrupts · abrupts · French

abrupts · rank #69,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,564
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrasifs

Nearest frequency peer: abrasifs (-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 « abrupts »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abrupts » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abrupts
PropertyValue
Headwordabrupts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.bʁypt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abrupts » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).abruptstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « abrasifs » (#69,563), « abysse » (#69,565), « ACAB » (#69,566). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abrupts » est au #69,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abrupts is uncommon French at frequency #69,564 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.bʁypt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de abrupt.".

abrupts doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is abrupts, spelled A-B-R-U-P-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de abrupt.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous ne chevauchez pas dans les sentiers abrupts de l’inspiration… vous ne planez pas dans les régions éthérées, où la pensée se revêt d’azur, et où les formes se raphaélisent! vous suivez votre petit bonhomme de chemin sur le banal trottoir de la vie.

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 "abrupts"?
"abrupts" is spelled A-B-R-U-P-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bʁypt\.
What does "abrupts" mean?
As an adjective, "abrupts" means: Masculin pluriel de abrupt.
How do you pronounce "abrupts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abrupts" is \a.bʁypt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list