rompus

\ʁɔ̃.py\

/\ʁɔ̃.py\/ verb

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The verdict

“rompus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,729
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel du participe passé de rompre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rompus · rompus · French

rompus · rank #34,729 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,729
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ritz

Nearest frequency peer: Ritz (-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 « rompus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rompus » 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).

rompus vs Roms
50% similar
rompus vs Romulus
57% similar
rompus vs rompu
83% similar

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

Key facts for rompus
PropertyValue
Headwordrompus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɔ̃.py\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,729
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rompus »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rompusse 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 « Ritz » (#34,728), « rot » (#34,730), « rigolent » (#34,727). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rompus » est au #34,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rompus (IPA \ʁɔ̃.py\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,729 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel du participe passé de rompre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rompus, with forms such as "ormpus", "rmopus", and "rommpus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Roms", "Romulus", "rompu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rompus, spelled R-O-M-P-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel du participe passé de rompre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De la vue qu’encadrait la fenêtre de sa chambre, il retint le bleu lavande du ciel orageux et des collines et les tons rompus de bleu-vert du champ de blé en herbe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ormpus
  • rmopus
  • rommpus
  • romppus
  • rompsu
  • rompuss
  • romups
  • ropmus
  • rrompus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rompus - 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.

ormpus2rmopus2rommpus1romppus1rompsu2rompuss1romups2ropmus2
Edit distance from "rompus"

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 "rompus"?
"rompus" is spelled R-O-M-P-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ̃.py\.
What does "rompus" mean?
As a verb, "rompus" means: Masculin pluriel du participe passé de rompre.
What words are commonly confused with "rompus"?
"rompus" is commonly confused with "Roms", "Romulus", "rompu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rompus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rompus" is \ʁɔ̃.py\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rompus" come from?
"rompus" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

régule#34,734salmon#34,742Savary#34,745sensei#34,747

Similar misspelling depth

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

ragots9 variantssquash9 variantsProulx9 variantstrombe9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list