Which to use
“interrompre” and “interrompus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,894
- “interrompre” frequency rank
- #31,091
- “interrompus” frequency rank
- 41985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interrompre | interrompus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couper ou rompre la continuité d’une chose. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de interrompre. |
Where the eye mixes interrompre and interrompus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: interrompre vs interrompus
A purely visual mix-up. interrompre (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃pʁ\) and interrompus (\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.py\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41985, 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\. interrompus is at rank #31,091, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.py\.
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 41985, this pair ranks #229,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interrompre vs interrompus
Shared letters: eimnoprt. Private to "interrompre": -. Private to "interrompus": su.
"interrompre" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCCV · "interrompus" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interrompre ← inetrrompre · innterrompre · interompre · interormpre · interrmopre · interrommpre · interromper · interromppre
- interrompus ← inetrrompus · innterrompus · interompus · interormpus · interrmopus · interrommpus · interromppus · interrompsu
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interrompre" and "interrompus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "interrompre" or "interrompus" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "interrompre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interrompus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interrompre" and "interrompus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interrompues 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 #229,065 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.