ex abrupto
\ɛk.s‿a.bʁup.to\
The verdict
“ex abrupto” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brusquement, sans préparation, sans préambule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ex-abrupto · ex abrupto · French
ex abrupto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ex abrupto |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɛk.s‿a.bʁup.to\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ex abrupto is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɛk.s‿a.bʁup.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brusquement, sans préparation, sans préambule.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ex abrupto in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 ex abrupto, spelled E-X- -A-B-R-U-P-T-O.
Definition
- 1Brusquement, sans préparation, sans préambule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ex abrupto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est folie que de vouloir créer ex abrupto des œuvres d’art où tout doit être combiné de longue main, …
… sans préface, je lui posai ex abrupto ma question : « Monsieur, qu’est-ce, à votre avis, que cet élément visqueux, blanchâtre, qu’offre l’eau de mer ? …
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.