centre de détention
\sɑ̃tʁ də de.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“centre de détention” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prison où sont enfermées des personnes ayant été condamnées pour des délits.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centre de détention |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃tʁ də de.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “centre de détention” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for centre de détention is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃tʁ də de.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
centre de détention doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is centre de détention, spelled C-E-N-T-R-E- -D-E- -D-É-T-E-N-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Prison où sont enfermées des personnes ayant été condamnées pour des délits.
- 2Prison qui rassemble des personnes détenues condamnées à une peine supérieure à deux ans et dont le régime de détention est principalement orienté vers la resocialisation en vue de leur réinsertion sociale.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “centre de détention”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-N-T-R-E- -D-E- -D-É-T-E-N-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.