faire irruption
\fɛ.ʁ‿i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“faire irruption” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entrer dans un endroit brutalement et sans prévenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-irruption · faire irruption · French
faire irruption · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | faire irruption |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛ.ʁ‿i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire irruption » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire irruption is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛ.ʁ‿i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entrer dans un endroit brutalement et sans prévenir.".
No misspelling variants are generated for faire irruption in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire irruption, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -I-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Entrer dans un endroit brutalement et sans prévenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire irruption appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et le premier sujet de la danse fit irruption dans le cabinet en se jetant sur le seul canapé qui s’y trouvât.
Tu croyais fouler le sol ferme, une piste — une pissate — te fier à son gazon honnête, il branle au même instant, la vase qu’il dissimule fait irruption à la surface, gargouille, emplit ta chaussure de sa rouille putride.
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.