interrompuvsinterrompusWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: interrompu is a adjective, interrompus is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“interrompu” is an adjective and “interrompus” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,078
“interrompu” frequency rank
#31,091
“interrompus” frequency rank
42169
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interrompu interrompus
Definition Qui subit, ou a subi une interruption. Participe passé masculin pluriel de interrompre.

Same sound, different letters: interrompu vs interrompus

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.

10 ch
interrompu
11 ch
interrompus

Ear matches; page differs - interrompu and interrompus

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: interrompu and interrompus carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.py\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “interrompu” sits inside “interrompus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interrompu is recorded at frequency rank #11,078, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.py\. 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 42169, this pair ranks #227,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of interrompu vs interrompus

Shared letters: eimnoprtu. Private to "interrompu": -. Private to "interrompus": s.

"interrompu" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV  ·  "interrompus" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interrompuinetrrompu · innterrompu · interompu · interormpu · interrmopu · interrommpu · interromppu · interromup
  • interrompusinetrrompus · innterrompus · interompus · interormpus · interrmopus · interrommpus · interromppus · interrompsu

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "interrompu" and "interrompus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "interrompu" is an adjective and "interrompus" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "interrompu" or "interrompus"?
"interrompu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,078 in our French list, against #31,091 for "interrompus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"interrompu" and "interrompus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interrompu" 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 #227,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interrompu" 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 #227,687 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list