déterrer
\de.te.ʁe\
The verdict
“déterrer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,783
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Retirer de terre ce qui s’y trouvait caché, enfoui.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déterrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.te.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,783 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déterrer” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around déterrer (IPA \de.te.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,783 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for déterrer, with forms such as "ddéterrer", "deterrer", and "dtéerrer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "détester", "déverser", "démarrer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déterrer, spelled D-É-T-E-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Retirer de terre ce qui s’y trouvait caché, enfoui.
- 2Exhumer, retirer un corps de la sépulture.
- 3Découvrir une chose qui était cachée, découvrir une personne qui se tenait cachée, qui ne voulait pas être connue ou qu'il était difficile de retrouver dans une foule.
- 4Débarrasser de la terre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddéterrer,deterrer,dtéerrer,déetrrer,déterer,détererr,déterrerr,déterrre,détrerer,détterrer,édterrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déterrer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “déterrer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-T-E-R-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.te.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “détester” - see the side-by-side comparison. déterrer vs détester
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.