déflecteur
\de.flɛk.tœʁ\
The verdict
“déflecteur” is an uncommon French word, ranked #84,724 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,724
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif qui a pour but de dévier un écoulement (liquide, gazeux), un courant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déflecteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.flɛk.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déflecteur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for déflecteur is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.flɛk.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #84,724 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for déflecteur in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 déflecteur, spelled D-É-F-L-E-C-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Dispositif qui a pour but de dévier un écoulement (liquide, gazeux), un courant.
- 2Petite vitre latérale orientable avec laquelle on règle l'aération.
- 3Dispositif auxiliaire d'un appareil thermonucléaire destiné à empêcher les atomes lourds d'impuretés détachés de la paroi de la chambre de décharge de rejoindre et de refroidir le plasma chaud.
- 4Dispositif à champ électromagnétique ou électrostatique servant à changer la direction d'un flux de particules chargées (électrons, proton, particules alpha, etc.).
- 5Appareil servant à déterminer la déviation des compas des navires pour régler leur compensation.
- 6Dispositif aérodynamique modifiant l’écoulement de l’air autour d’un véhicule.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “déflecteur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-F-L-E-C-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.flɛk.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.