Which to use
“interrompre” and “interrompt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,894
- “interrompre” frequency rank
- #21,362
- “interrompt” frequency rank
- 32256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interrompre | interrompt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couper ou rompre la continuité d’une chose. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de interrompre. |
Where the eye mixes interrompre and interrompt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between interrompre and interrompt
A purely visual mix-up. interrompre (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃pʁ\) and interrompt (\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interrompre is recorded at frequency rank #10,894, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃pʁ\. interrompt is at rank #21,362, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 32256, this pair ranks #298,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interrompre vs interrompt
Shared letters: eimnoprt. Private to "interrompre": -. Private to "interrompt": -.
"interrompre" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCCV · "interrompt" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interrompre ← inetrrompre · innterrompre · interompre · interormpre · interrmopre · interrommpre · interromper · interromppre
- interrompt ← inetrrompt · innterrompt · interompt · interormpt · interrmopt · interrommpt · interromppt · interromptt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interrompre" and "interrompt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "interrompre" or "interrompt" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "interrompre" and "interrompt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "interrompre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interrompt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interrompre" and "interrompt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interrompt vs interrompus". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #298,458 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.