détergents
\de.tɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\
The verdict
“détergents” is uncommon French (frequency #59,244 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,244
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de détergent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detergents · détergents · French
détergents · rank #59,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,244
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dépresseurs
Nearest frequency peer: dépresseurs (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « détergents »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dépeignent
dépeignent
40,760 corpus weight
- déposséder
déposséder
40,759 corpus weight
- dépresseurs
dépresseurs
40,758 corpus weight
- détergents
détergents
40,757 corpus weight
- détrompe
détrompe
40,756 corpus weight
- détruisait
détruisait
40,755 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « détergents » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détergents |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.tɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détergents » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détergents is uncommon French at frequency #59,244 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.tɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de détergent.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for détergents, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is détergents, spelled D-É-T-E-R-G-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de détergent.
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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