rompu vs rompues, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#10,398
“rompu” frequency rank: #48,167
“rompues” frequency rank: 58565
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	rompu	rompues
Definition	Extrêmement fatigué, brisé par la fatigue ou par une émotion.	Féminin pluriel de rompu.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set rompu and rompues apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

rompu

7 ch

rompues

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. rompu and rompues are pronounced identically (\ʁɔ̃.py\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rompu” sits inside “rompues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rompu is recorded at frequency rank #10,398, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɔ̃.py\. rompues is at rank #48,167, tagged as anadj, 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 58565, this pair ranks #108,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rompu vs rompues

Shared letters: mopru. Private to "rompu": -. Private to "rompues": es.

"rompu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "rompues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

rompu ← ormpu · rmopu · rommpu · romppu · romup · ropmu · rrompu
rompues ← ormpues · rmopues · rommpues · rompeus · romppues · rompuess · rompuse · romupes

Frequency comparison

rompu#10,398

rompues#48,167

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rompu" and "rompues" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁɔ̃.py\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "rompu" or "rompues"?

"rompu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,398 in our French list, against #48,167 for "rompues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering rompu vs rompues

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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