désintox

/\de.zɛ̃.tɔks\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,473

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

désintox is aFrenchnoun. It means: Désintoxication, traitement contre la dépendance à la drogue ou à l’alcool. Pronounced \de.zɛ̃.tɔks\.

Key facts for désintox
PropertyValue
Headworddésintox
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.zɛ̃.tɔks\
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,473
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of désintox in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for désintox is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.zɛ̃.tɔks\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,473 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for désintox, with forms such as "ddésintox", "desintox", and "dséintox". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is désintox, spelled D-É-S-I-N-T-O-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désintoxication, traitement contre la dépendance à la drogue ou à l’alcool.
  2. 2
    Séjour en centre spécialisé pour y subir une cure de désintoxication.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddésintox,desintox,dséintox,déisntox,désinntox,désinotx,désintoxx,désinttox,désintxo,désitnox,désnitox,déssintox,édsintox

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for désintox

Misspelling Variants of "désintox"

ddésintox9desintox8dséintox8déisntox8désinntox9désinotx8désintoxx9désinttox9
Misspelling Variants of "désintox"

Frequency rank: #48,473 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "désintox"?
"désintox" is spelled D-É-S-I-N-T-O-X. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zɛ̃.tɔks\.
What does "désintox" mean?
As a noun, "désintox" means: Désintoxication, traitement contre la dépendance à la drogue ou à l’alcool.
What are common misspellings of "désintox"?
Common misspellings include "ddésintox", "desintox", "dséintox", "déisntox", "désinntox". The correct spelling is "désintox".
How do you pronounce "désintox"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désintox" is \de.zɛ̃.tɔks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désintox" come from?
"désintox" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.