rupture

\ʁyp.tyʁ\

/\ʁyp.tyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“rupture” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,036
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle une chose est rompue ; état d’une chose rompue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rupture · rupture · French

rupture · rank #3,036 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,036
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remplir

Nearest frequency peer: remplir (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “rupture”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “rupture” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

rupture vs rustre
71% similar
rupture vs ruptures
88% similar

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

Key facts for rupture
PropertyValue
Headwordrupture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁyp.tyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,036
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “rupture” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rupturese 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 « remplir » (#3,035), « secrets » (#3,037), « pur » (#3,034). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rupture (IPA \ʁyp.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,036 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rupture, with forms such as "rputure", "rrupture", and "ruppture". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "rustre", "ruptures", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rupture, spelled R-U-P-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle une chose est rompue ; état d’une chose rompue.
  2. 2
    Déchirement survenant dans un organe ou dans une membrane.
  3. 3
    Division qui se produit entre des personnes qui étaient unies par traité, par amitié, etc.
  4. 4
    Séparation de deux personnes qui étaient liées par une liaison amoureuse.
  5. 5
    Annulation des traités et des actes publics ou particuliers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette banquise, qui couvrait plusieurs milliers de lieues carrées, stationna pendant quatre cents ans à la même place, suivant la tradition, et se rompit tout à coup en 1817; ce fut cette rupture qui détermina la fameuse expédition du capitaine Ross pour la découverte du passage du Nord-Ouest.
  2. Sa résistance à la rupture est égale à celle de la laine.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rputure
  • rrupture
  • ruppture
  • ruptrue
  • ruptture
  • ruptuer
  • rupturre
  • ruputre
  • rutpure
  • urpture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rputure2rrupture1ruppture1ruptrue2ruptture1ruptuer2rupturre1ruputre2
Edit distance from "rupture"

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 "rupture"?
"rupture" is spelled R-U-P-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁyp.tyʁ\.
What does "rupture" mean?
As a noun, "rupture" means: Action par laquelle une chose est rompue ; état d’une chose rompue.
What words are commonly confused with "rupture"?
"rupture" is commonly confused with "rustre", "ruptures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rupture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rupture" is \ʁyp.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rupture" come from?
"rupture" 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 "rupture", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • "rupture" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rustre". View pair
  • 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #3,036 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list