rompre

\ʁɔ̃pʁ\

/\ʁɔ̃pʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“rompre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,494
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Séparer un solide en deux parties sans se servir d’instrument tranchant ; briser ; mettre en pièces.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rompre · rompre · French

rompre · rank #7,494 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,494
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH représentée

Nearest frequency peer: représentée (-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 « rompre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rompre » 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).

rompre vs rompu
67% similar
rompre vs rompt
67% similar
rompre vs rouvre
67% similar

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

Key facts for rompre
PropertyValue
Headwordrompre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɔ̃pʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,494
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rompre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.romprese 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 « représentée » (#7,493), « routière » (#7,495), « repousser » (#7,492). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rompre » est au #7,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rompre (IPA \ʁɔ̃pʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,494 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rompre, with forms such as "ormpre", "rmopre", and "rommpre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rompu", "rompt", "rouvre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rompre, spelled R-O-M-P-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Séparer un solide en deux parties sans se servir d’instrument tranchant ; briser ; mettre en pièces.
  2. 2
    Rouer ; supplicier par la roue.
  3. 3
    Interrompre ; arrêter ; détourner.
  4. 4
    Détruire, faire cesser, rendre nulle, une relation.
  5. 5
    Renoncer à l’amitié, aux liaisons qu’on avait avec quelqu’un.
  6. 6
    Interrompre.
  7. 7
    Manquer à une obligation, cesser pour toujours ou momentanément de la remplir.
  8. 8
    Dresser, exercer, accoutumer, plier.
  9. 9
    Se casser, se briser.
  10. 10
    Reculer. Faire un pas en arrière.
  11. 11
    Reculer.
  12. 12
    Rompre les rangs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le bateau raidissant sa chaîne cassa ses bosses ; le frein du guindeau se rompit ; il fallu mouiller le seconde ancre pour pouvoir le réparer.
  2. Le gréement dormant en fil d’acier galvanisé, peut supporter un effort de dix tonnes sans se rompre.

This word in other languages

break(English)romper(Español)brechen(Deutsch)romper(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ormpre
  • rmopre
  • rommpre
  • romper
  • romppre
  • romprre
  • romrpe
  • ropmre
  • rrompre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rompre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ormpre2rmopre2rommpre1romper2romppre1romprre1romrpe2ropmre2
Edit distance from "rompre"

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 "rompre"?
"rompre" is spelled R-O-M-P-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ̃pʁ\.
What does "rompre" mean?
As a verb, "rompre" means: Séparer un solide en deux parties sans se servir d’instrument tranchant ; briser ; mettre en pièces.
What words are commonly confused with "rompre"?
"rompre" is commonly confused with "rompu", "rompt", "rouvre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rompre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rompre" is \ʁɔ̃pʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rompre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ajoutée9 variantsnobles9 variantsarnaque9 variantsjersey9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list