détestant
\de.tɛs.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“détestant” is uncommon French (frequency #71,471 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,471
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de détester.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detestant · détestant · French
détestant · rank #71,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,471
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déstockage
Nearest frequency peer: déstockage (-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 « détestant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- désenchantée
désenchantée
28,533 corpus weight
- déshonorée
déshonorée
28,532 corpus weight
- déstockage
déstockage
28,531 corpus weight
- détestant
détestant
28,530 corpus weight
- détonateurs
détonateurs
28,529 corpus weight
- déverrouille
déverrouille
28,528 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « détestant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détestant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.tɛs.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détestant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détestant is uncommon French at frequency #71,471 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.tɛs.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de détester.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for détestant, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is détestant, spelled D-É-T-E-S-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de détester.
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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