determine

\dɪˈtɜː.mɪn\

/\dɪˈtɜː.mɪn\/ verb

The verdict

“determine” is uncommon French (frequency #75,590 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,590
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Décider, résoudre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-determine · determine · French

determine · rank #75,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,590
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Desplechin

Nearest frequency peer: Desplechin (-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 « determine »

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 « determine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for determine
PropertyValue
Headworddetermine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dɪˈtɜː.mɪn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « determine » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).determinetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Desplechin » (#75,589), « deuce » (#75,591), « Despentes » (#75,588). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « determine » est au #75,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

determine is uncommon French at frequency #75,590 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \dɪˈtɜː.mɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for determine, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is determine, spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Décider, résoudre.
  2. 2
    Déterminer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Write a program that implements Euclid's algorithm and uses it to determine the greatest common divisor of two integers entered by the user.
  2. My first post-marathon longer run was 20 kilometres, which I felt was long enough to determine if I had recovered from the marathon.

Synonyms

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 "determine"?
"determine" is spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɪˈtɜː.mɪn\.
What does "determine" mean?
As a verb, "determine" means: Décider, résoudre.
How do you pronounce "determine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "determine" is \dɪˈtɜː.mɪn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "determine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list