Which to use
“interrompt” is a verb and “interrompu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,362
- “interrompt” frequency rank
- #11,078
- “interrompu” frequency rank
- 32440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interrompt | interrompu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de interrompre. | Qui subit, ou a subi une interruption. |
Where the eye mixes interrompt and interrompu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses interrompt with interrompu
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: interrompt is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃\ while interrompu is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.py\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - t in “interrompt” becomes u in “interrompu”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interrompt is recorded at frequency rank #21,362, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃\. interrompu is at rank #11,078, tagged as anadj, 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 32440, this pair ranks #297,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interrompt vs interrompu
Shared letters: eimnoprt. Private to "interrompt": -. Private to "interrompu": u.
"interrompt" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCC · "interrompu" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- interrompt ← inetrrompt · innterrompt · interompt · interormpt · interrmopt · interrommpt · interromppt · interromptt
- interrompu ← inetrrompu · innterrompu · interompu · interormpu · interrmopu · interrommpu · interromppu · interromup
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interrompt" for "interrompu" ever safe?
Frequency check: "interrompt" vs "interrompu" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "interrompt" and "interrompu" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "interrompt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interrompu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interrompt" and "interrompu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ininterrompu vs interrompu". 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 #297,273 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.