rompu

\ʁɔ̃.py\

/\ʁɔ̃.py\/ adj

The verdict

“rompu” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,398
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrêmement fatigué, brisé par la fatigue ou par une émotion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rompu · rompu · French

rompu · rank #10,398 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,398
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH robinet

Nearest frequency peer: robinet (-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 « rompu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rompu » 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).

rompu vs rou
60% similar
rompu vs Roms
40% similar
rompu vs Romy
40% similar

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

Key facts for rompu
PropertyValue
Headwordrompu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɔ̃.py\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,398
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rompu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rompuse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « robinet » (#10,397), « RTL » (#10,399), « ris » (#10,396). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rompu » est au #10,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rompu (IPA \ʁɔ̃.py\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,398 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rompu, with forms such as "ormpu", "rmopu", and "rommpu". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rou", "Roms", "Romy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rompu, spelled R-O-M-P-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrêmement fatigué, brisé par la fatigue ou par une émotion.
  2. 2
    Être fort exercé, expérimenté dans une activité.
  3. 3
    Se dit d'une pièce (en particulier un chevron) ou d’un meuble longiligne présentant une rupture dans la continuité de sa représentation et laissant voir le champ. À rapprocher de brisé, découplé, fendu et tronçonné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle acheva de le convaincre en le prenant dans sa bouche. Lentement. Fermement. Une chose insensée que cette femme bigote n’avait jamais consentie jusqu’ici. Il fondit de plaisir. Rompu. La nooi avait toujours su obtenir ce qu’elle voulait.
  2. Pour la première fois, Hélène vit cet homme fatigué, rompu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ormpu
  • rmopu
  • rommpu
  • romppu
  • romup
  • ropmu
  • rrompu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rompu - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ormpu2rmopu2rommpu1romppu1romup2ropmu2rrompu1
Edit distance from "rompu"

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 "rompu"?
"rompu" is spelled R-O-M-P-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ̃.py\.
What does "rompu" mean?
As an adjective, "rompu" means: Extrêmement fatigué, brisé par la fatigue ou par une émotion.
What words are commonly confused with "rompu"?
"rompu" is commonly confused with "rou", "Roms", "Romy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rompu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rompu" is \ʁɔ̃.py\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rompu" come from?
"rompu" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list