irrupção

/i.Ru.ˈpsɐ̃w̃/

//i.Ru.ˈpsɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“irrupção” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,701 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,701
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de irromper

Corpus desk

Index PT-irrupcao · irrupção · Portuguese

irrupção · rank #85,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,701
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH jak

Nearest frequency peer: jak (+7 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “irrupção”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “irrupção” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for irrupção
PropertyValue
Headwordirrupção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.Ru.ˈpsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,701
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “irrupção” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.irrupçãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “jak” (#85,708), “jandaíra” (#85,710), “Kauê” (#85,717). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “irrupção” fica em #85,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irrupção is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,701 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.Ru.ˈpsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato ou efeito de irromper".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for irrupção, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is irrupção, spelled I-R-R-U-P-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de irromper

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how irrupção appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A estimativa é que o ebola tenha matado 672 pessoas na Guiné, Libéria e Serra Leoa desde a irrupção do surto em fevereiro.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irrupção"?
"irrupção" is spelled I-R-R-U-P-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /i.Ru.ˈpsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "irrupção" mean?
As a noun, "irrupção" means: ato ou efeito de irromper
How do you pronounce "irrupção"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irrupção" is /i.Ru.ˈpsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "irrupção", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list