déterminations

\de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\

/\de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“déterminations” is uncommon French (frequency #70,581 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,581
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de détermination.

Corpus desk

Index FR-determinations · déterminations · French

déterminations · rank #70,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,581
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH détachable

Nearest frequency peer: détachable (-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 « déterminations »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « déterminations » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déterminations
PropertyValue
Headworddéterminations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#70,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déterminations » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).déterminationstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « détachable » (#70,580), « détériorées » (#70,582), « déshonorant » (#70,579). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déterminations » est au #70,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déterminations is uncommon French at frequency #70,581 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de détermination.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for déterminations, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is déterminations, spelled D-É-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de détermination.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how déterminations appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Plus tard, ces déterminations de la valeur d’un degré terrestre furent faites en divers lieux de la terre, car le globe n’étant pas un sphéroïde, mais un ellipsoïde, des opérations multiples devaient donner la mesure de son aplatissement aux pôles.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déterminations"?
"déterminations" is spelled D-É-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "déterminations" mean?
As a noun, "déterminations" means: Pluriel de détermination.
How do you pronounce "déterminations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déterminations" is \de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déterminations", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list