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“rompt” and “rompus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,972
“rompt” frequency rank
#34,729
“rompus” frequency rank
54701
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rompt rompus
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rompre. Masculin pluriel du participe passé de rompre.

Where the eye mixes rompt and rompus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
rompt
6 ch
rompus

Look-alike desk: rompt vs rompus

A purely visual mix-up. rompt (\ʁɔ̃\) and rompus (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rompt is recorded at frequency rank #19,972, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɔ̃\. rompus is at rank #34,729, tagged as averb, pronounced \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 54701, this pair ranks #132,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rompt vs rompus

Shared letters: mopr. Private to "rompt": t. Private to "rompus": su.

"rompt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "rompus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • romptormpt · rmopt · rommpt · romppt · romptt · romtp · ropmt · rrompt
  • rompusormpus · rmopus · rommpus · romppus · rompsu · rompuss · romups · ropmus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rompt" and "rompus" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɔ̃\ versus \ʁɔ̃.py\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "rompt" or "rompus" show up more?
"rompt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,972 in our French list, against #34,729 for "rompus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rompt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rompus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rompt" and "rompus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rompues vs rompus". 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 #132,259 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