rompre les rangs
\ʁɔ̃.pʁə le ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“rompre les rangs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne plus garder les rangs, pour une troupe qui en reçoit l’ordre ou la permission de son chef.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rompre-les-rangs · rompre les rangs · French
rompre les rangs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rompre les rangs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃.pʁə le ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rompre les rangs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rompre les rangs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɔ̃.pʁə le ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rompre les rangs, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rompre les rangs, spelled R-O-M-P-R-E- -L-E-S- -R-A-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1Ne plus garder les rangs, pour une troupe qui en reçoit l’ordre ou la permission de son chef.
- 2Quitter un groupe, ou en changer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rompre les rangs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Rois nous saoulaient de fumées. Paix entre nous, guerre aux tyrans ! Appliquons la grève aux armées, Crosse en l’air et rompons les rangs !
Les insurgés, oubliant toute discipline, se jetèrent en avant, coururent au bout de l’esplanade, pour voir les soldats. Les rangs furent rompus.
This word in other languages
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.