rompre

/\ʁɔ̃pʁ\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,494

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

rompre is aFrenchverb. It means: Séparer un solide en deux parties sans se servir d’instrument tranchant ; briser ; mettre en pièces. Pronounced \ʁɔ̃pʁ\. It ranks #7,494 in French word frequency. Often confused with rompu and rompt.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rompre is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ̃pʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,494 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rompre, with forms such as "ormpre", "rmopre", and "rommpre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rompu", "rompt", "rouvre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 rompre, spelled R-O-M-P-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ormpre,rmopre,rommpre,romper,romppre,romprre,romrpe,ropmre,rrompre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rompre

Misspelling Variants of "rompre"

ormpre6rmopre6rommpre7romper6romppre7romprre7romrpe6ropmre6
Misspelling Variants of "rompre"

Frequency rank: #7,494 in French

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?
"rompre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.