# detach

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #29,238

## Definitions
1. To take apart from; to take off.
2. To separate for a special object or use.
3. To come off something.

## Etymology
From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.

## Easily confused with
- **Dutch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detach-vs-dutch)
- **ditch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detach-vs-ditch)
- **detail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detach-vs-detail)
- **detect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detach-vs-detect)
- **detain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detach-vs-detain)
- **detract** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detach-vs-detract)
- **Deutsch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detach-vs-deutsch)
- **detached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detach-vs-detached)
- **death** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/death-vs-detach)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddetach`, `deatch`, `detacch`, `detachh`, `detahc`, `detcah`, `dettach`, `dteach`, `edtach`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/detach