Which to use
“interruption” and “interruptions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,566
- “interruption” frequency rank
- #26,766
- “interruptions” frequency rank
- 35332
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interruption | interruptions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’interrompre ou état de ce qui est interrompu. | Pluriel de interruption. |
Same sound, different letters: interruption vs interruptions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - interruption / interruptions
This is the hard kind. interruption and interruptions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “interruption” sits inside “interruptions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interruption is recorded at frequency rank #8,566, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\. interruptions is at rank #26,766, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\.
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 35332, this pair ranks #277,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interruption vs interruptions
Shared letters: einoprtu. Private to "interruption": -. Private to "interruptions": s.
"interruption" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC · "interruptions" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interruption ← inetrruption · innterruption · interrpution · interrupiton · interrupption · interruptino · interruptionn · interruptoin
- interruptions ← inetrruptions · innterruptions · interrputions · interrupitons · interrupptions · interruptinos · interruptionns · interruptionss
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "interruption" / "interruptions". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "interruption" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interruptions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interruption" and "interruptions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interceptions vs interruptions". 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 #277,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.