centre de détention administrative
\sɑ̃tʁ də de.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃ ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tiv\
The verdict
“centre de détention administrative” 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
- 34
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu d’enfermement où sont détenus les étrangers auxquels l'administration ne reconnaît pas le droit de séjourner sur le territoire qu'elle gère.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centre de détention administrative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃tʁ də de.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃ ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tiv\ |
| Letters | 34 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “centre de détention administrative” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for centre de détention administrative is 34 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃tʁ də de.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃ ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tiv\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lieu d’enfermement où sont détenus les étrangers auxquels l'administration ne reconnaît pas le droit de séjourner sur le territoire qu'elle gère.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for centre de détention administrative in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is centre de détention administrative, spelled C-E-N-T-R-E- -D-E- -D-É-T-E-N-T-I-O-N- -A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu d’enfermement où sont détenus les étrangers auxquels l'administration ne reconnaît pas le droit de séjourner sur le territoire qu'elle gère.
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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- The one correct French spelling is C-E-N-T-R-E- -D-E- -D-É-T-E-N-T-I-O-N- -A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-E - 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.