interruption

\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“interruption” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,566
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’interrompre ou état de ce qui est interrompu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interruption · interruption · French

interruption · rank #8,566 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,566
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH islamiste

Nearest frequency peer: islamiste (+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 « interruption »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « interruption » 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).

interruption vs interruptions
92% similar
interruption vs interception
83% similar

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

Key facts for interruption
PropertyValue
Headwordinterruption
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#8,566
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interruption »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.interruptionse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « islamiste » (#8,567), « informe » (#8,564), « jumeaux » (#8,568). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interruption » est au #8,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around interruption (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,566 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for interruption, with forms such as "inetrruption", "innterruption", and "interrpution". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "interruptions", "interception", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 interruption, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’interrompre ou état de ce qui est interrompu.
  2. 2
    Action d’interrompre une personne qui parle.
  3. 3
    Évènement survenant dans un microprocesseur, pouvant stopper l'exécution de processus.
  4. 4
    Action d’interrompre le fil de son discours, pour se livrer à d’autres idées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 8 m a r s. — Il a plu sans interruption depuis près de vingt heures, et le terrain où nous campons est complètement détrempé.
  2. L’atmosphère avait été lourde pendant toute la journée, et le soir un orage terrible se déclara. Les coups de tonnerre se succédaient sans interruption ; la pluie tombait, torrentielle.

This word in other languages

interruption(English)interrupción(Español)Interruption(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrruption
  • innterruption
  • interrpution
  • interrupiton
  • interrupption
  • interruptino
  • interruptionn
  • interruptoin
  • interrupttion
  • interrutpion
  • interuption
  • interurption
  • intreruption
  • intterruption
  • itnerruption
  • niterruption

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inetrruption2innterruption1interrpution2interrupiton2interrupption1interruptino2interruptionn1interruptoin2
Edit distance from "interruption"

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 "interruption"?
"interruption" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\.
What does "interruption" mean?
As a noun, "interruption" means: Action d’interrompre ou état de ce qui est interrompu.
What words are commonly confused with "interruption"?
"interruption" is commonly confused with "interruptions", "interception". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interruption"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interruption" is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interruption" come from?
"interruption" 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 "interruption", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

obligatoires#8,588restrictions#8,456déménagement#8,693efficacement#8,699

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

logiquement16 variantsreconnaissent16 variantscomposants16 variantsrespectent16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list