detached
de·tached/dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/adjective, verb
detached is spelled D-E-T-A-C-H-E-D, 2 syllables: de·tached. The wrong spelling people search most is detatched: about 110 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Detached is an adjective meaning “Not physically attached; separated from something to which it could connect”.
How many letters and syllables are in detached?
| Letters | 8: D-E-T-A-C-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: de·tached |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, detatched, about 110 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell detached?
Detached is spelled D-E-T-A-C-H-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for detached in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is detached?
Detached appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce detached?
- /dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/
- /dəˈtæt͡ʃt/
Detached has 2 syllables, split de·tached in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-detached.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of detached
- more detached comparative
- most detached superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does detached mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not physically attached; separated from something to which it could connect.
- 2
Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
- 3
Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
- 4
Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of detach
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Detached in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | freistehend |
| Spanish | desfijado, desprendido, desasido, no adosado , unifamiliar |
| French | à quatre façades |
| Portuguese | imparcial, desinteressado, desapegado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.