détérioration
\de.te.ʁjɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“détérioration” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #17,941 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,941
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action par laquelle une chose est détériorée ou résultat de cette action.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détérioration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.te.ʁjɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #17,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “détérioration” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for détérioration is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.te.ʁjɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,941 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Action par laquelle une chose est détériorée ou résultat de cette action.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for détérioration, with forms such as "ddétérioration", "deterioration", and "dtéérioration". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is détérioration, spelled D-É-T-É-R-I-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action par laquelle une chose est détériorée ou résultat de cette action.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddétérioration,deterioration,dtéérioration,détréioration,déttérioration,détéiroration,détérioartion,détérioraiton,détérioratino,détériorationn,détérioratoin,détériorattion,détériorration,détériortaion,détériroation,détéroiration,détérrioration,déétrioration,édtérioration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of détérioration - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “détérioration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-T-É-R-I-O-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.te.ʁjɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ (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.