irruption

/\i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,398

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

irruption is aFrenchnoun. It means: Entrée soudaine et imprévue des ennemis dans un pays, ordinairement accompagnée de dégât et de ravage. Pronounced \i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\.

Key facts for irruption
PropertyValue
Headwordirruption
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,398
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of irruption in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for irruption is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,398 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for irruption, with forms such as "irrpution", "irrupiton", and "irrupption". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is irruption, spelled I-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entrée soudaine et imprévue des ennemis dans un pays, ordinairement accompagnée de dégât et de ravage.
  2. 2
    Toute entrée ou intrusion brusque, inattendue ou malvenue.
  3. 3
    Débordement, envahissement de la mer, d’un fleuve sur les terres.
  4. 4
    Arrivée massive, invasion d'oiseaux hors de leur aire de répartition habituelle.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irrpution,irrupiton,irrupption,irruptino,irruptionn,irruptoin,irrupttion,irrutpion,iruption,irurption,riruption

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for irruption

Misspelling Variants of "irruption"

irrpution9irrupiton9irrupption10irruptino9irruptionn10irruptoin9irrupttion10irrutpion9
Misspelling Variants of "irruption"

Frequency rank: #16,398 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irruption"?
"irruption" is spelled I-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\.
What does "irruption" mean?
As a noun, "irruption" means: Entrée soudaine et imprévue des ennemis dans un pays, ordinairement accompagnée de dégât et de ravage.
What are common misspellings of "irruption"?
Common misspellings include "irrpution", "irrupiton", "irrupption", "irruptino", "irruptionn". The correct spelling is "irruption".
How do you pronounce "irruption"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irruption" is \i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irruption" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.