détachement

/\de.taʃ.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,490

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

détachement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de se détacher ou état de celui qui s’est détaché d’une passion, d’un sentiment, de tout ce qui peut captiver trop l’esprit ou le cœur. Pronounced \de.taʃ.mɑ̃\. Often confused with détachent and détachements.

Key facts for détachement
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Headworddétachement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.taʃ.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,490
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for détachement is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.taʃ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,490 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for détachement, with forms such as "ddétachement", "detachement", and "dtéachement". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "détachent", "détachements", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 détachement, spelled D-É-T-A-C-H-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de se détacher ou état de celui qui s’est détaché d’une passion, d’un sentiment, de tout ce qui peut captiver trop l’esprit ou le cœur.
  2. 2
    Groupe de soldats ou troupe qu’on a détachée d’un corps plus considérable pour quelque service.
  3. 3
    Figure du raisonnement logique concernant l’implication, qui pose l’antécédent pour déduire le conséquent : (1) Si P, alors Q. (2) Or P. (3) Donc Q.
  4. 4
    Cas du travailleur détaché

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddétachement,detachement,dtéachement,déatchement,détacchement,détacehment,détacheemnt,détachemennt,détachementt,détachemetn,détachemment,détachemnet,détachhement,détachmeent,détahcement,détcahement,déttachement,édtachement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for détachement

Misspelling Variants of "détachement"

ddétachement12detachement11dtéachement11déatchement11détacchement12détacehment11détacheemnt11détachemennt12
Misspelling Variants of "détachement"

Frequency rank: #10,490 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "détachement"?
"détachement" is spelled D-É-T-A-C-H-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.taʃ.mɑ̃\.
What does "détachement" mean?
As a noun, "détachement" means: Action de se détacher ou état de celui qui s’est détaché d’une passion, d’un sentiment, de tout ce qui peut captiver trop l’esprit ou le cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "détachement"?
"détachement" is commonly confused with "détachent", "détachements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "détachement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détachement" is \de.taʃ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détachement" come from?
"détachement" 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.